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1 Investigating Air Accidents: Report (Pursuant to H. Res. 125) 1 (1942)

handle is hein.space/ivgaccrphr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Union Calendar No. 921 77TH CONGRESS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES N REPORT 2d &ession f1No. 2533 INVESTIGATING AIR ACCIDENTS OCTOBER 13, 1942.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. NICHOLS, chairman of the Select Committee to Investigate Air Accidents, submitted the following REPORT [Pursuant to H. Res, 125] CONCERNING AN ACCIDENT WHICH OCCURRED AT ABOUT 5:37 A. M., APRIL 11, 1942, WHEN THE NC 16064, OPERATED AS TRIP 12 OF UNITED AIR LINES, CRASHED IN FLUSHING BAY DURING AN ATTEMPTED LANDING AT LA GUARDIA FIELD, NEW YORK CITY'S AIRPORT, RESULTING IN INJURIES TO THE FIRST OFFICER AND STEWARDESS I. CONDUCT OF INVESTIGATION Executive hearings were conducted by your committee at LaGuardia Field, New York City, on April 16 and 17, 1942, to ascertain the cause or causes of the above accident. Others present for the committee were: Irving G. McCann, counsel; Charles S. Greaves, clerk; and Jane Young, reporter. Consideration was given to the weather which prevailed at the time of the accident, the adequacy of United Air Lines' operations, the mechanical condition of the NC 16064, and the conduct and judgment of the pilot before and during the let-down and landing procedure. The following witnesses testified under oath before the committee: William S. Tuttle, dispatcher, United Air Lines. John Scarpulla, airway traffic control operator, LaGuardia Field control tower. Girard C. Boon, Jr., junior airway traffic control tower operator, LaGuardia Field. Joseph L. Deutsch, meteorologist, United Air Lines. John Howard Hutchinson, beaching chief, Pan-American Airways. George Wirshup, seaman, Pan-American.