of the aircraft.
The fatally injured were: Senator Bronson M. Cutting, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Jean Anne Hillias, Kansas City, Missouri; Mrs. William Kaplan, West Los Angeles, California; Harvey F. Bolton, pilot, Kansas City, Missouri, and Kenneth H. Greeson, co-pilot, North Kansas City, Missouri.
The seriously injured were: C. B. Drew, Santa Monica, California; William Kaplan, West Lost Angeles, California; Mrs. D. L. Mesker, Kansas City, Missouri; Mrs. Nora Metzger, Los Angeles, California; Dorothea Metzger, Los Angeles, California; Henry Sharpe, Los Angeles, California; Richard Wallace, Hollywood, California; and Paul Wing, Beverly Hills, California.
The aircraft had been inspected by the Department of Commerce on February 8, 1935 and bore Department of Commerce license number NC-13785, dated February 15, 1935. It was being operated by that corporation on scheduled flight No. 6 from Los Angeles, California, to Newark, New Jersey, with a crew change at Kansas City, Missouri. The schedule from Los Angeles to Kansas City covers 1,473 miles and the flying time scheduled for this flight was 8 hours and 15 minutes.
The pilot, Harvey Bolton, held a Department of Commerce transport pilot's license and a scheduled air transport rating. The records of the Department of Commerce contain a report of the physical examination taken by the pilot on November 10, 1934, but no record was found of his having taken the quarterly examination in February 1935. His physical condition at the time of his examination on November 10, 1934, qualified him for the renewal of his transport pilot's license. He was assigned to the Eastern region on the Kansas City-Columbus-Newark run. The co-pilot, Kenneth Greeson, held a Department of Commerce transport pilot's license, but did not hold an S.A.T. rating.
