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assumed charge. The State Police continuously guarded the area in which the wreckage lay until the arrival of the investigators of the Board the next day. PCA personnel had visited the scene of the wreckage early on the morning of April 17 and one of them had entered the airplane. The officers who had been on duty at the time testified, however, that, to their knowledge, the PCA personnel had not examined the right engine other than to measure the amount of oil therein. Upon arrival, the investigators of the Board took custody of the wreckage.
After an examination of the wreckage at the scene of the accident the right engine and the right engine mount were removed from the aircraft under the supervision of investigators of the Board and were transported by them to the National Bureau of Standards, Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C., for a tear-down inspection. The airplane, the right engine, and the right engine mount were released to PCA upon conclusion of the investigation.
Public Hearing
In connection with the investigation of the accident a public hearing was held in Washington, D.C., on April 30, May 1, and May 2, 1941. Stuart G. Tipton, Assistant General Counsel for the Board, acted as Presiding Examiner, and was assisted by Gerald P. O'Grady, Attorney for the Board, who acted as Associate Examiner. The following personnel of the Safety Bureau participated in the hearing: Jerome Lederer, Director; Frank E. Caldwell, Chief,
