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d. Error on the part of the pilot for proceeding in the flight after discovering that he was unable to effectively communicate with the ground.
e. Failure of the company's ground personnel at Kansas City to expeditiously redispatch the airplane to a field where better weather existed when it became apparent that the ceiling at Kansas City was dropping to and below the authorized minimum for landing and while the airplane still had sufficient fuel to meet the Department of Commerce requirement of 45-minute fuel reserve after effecting a landing.
THE ACCIDENT BOARD
/s/ Denis Mulligan
/s/ R. W. Schroeder
/s/ Dr. R. E. Whitehead
/s/ Richard C. Gazley
/s/ Jesse L. Lankford
June 5, 1935
/s/ J. Carroll Cone
