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populated areas surrounding certain runways, The Safety Board supported the FAA in the remedial action accomplished by the GENOT, issued November 9, 1972, and formally recommended that the provisions governing pilot qualifications be expanded to include pilots of any high-performance surplus military aircraft.
The second circumstance which added to the catastrophe was the location of the ice cream parlor. The construction of the shopping center was accomplished in accordance with existing statutes of the various jurisdictions. Although some of the structures exceeded the eight standards of Part 77, the FAA determined that the obstructions did not constitute hazards to air navigation. The city, county, and Sate governments all generally agreed that once the shopping center was built, the subsequent addition of the ice cream parlor and sign had little effect on aircraft operations. This conclusion was an obvious extension of the initial rationale that "... the construction (of the shopping center) would affect operations no differently than other existing structures such as a gasoline sign, television antennas, traffic signal standards, etc." Additional aspects of this accident were discussed in the Board's recommendation to the Federal Aviation Administration (see Appendix E).
