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The Aeronautics Branch of the Department of Commerce was established by the Air Commerce Act on May 20, 1926. The branch was renamed as the Bureau of Air Commerce in 1934. It was given regulatory power to ensure civil air safety, including pilot testing and licensing, airworthiness certification, safety rule creation and enforcement, aircraft certification, airway establishment, air navigation aid operation and maintenance, and accident investigation. It performed these functions until 1938, until responsibility for non-military aviation was transferred to the new Civil Aeronautics Authority.

Civil Aviation Regulations

Civil Air Regulations
- Part 00 (1937)

Aviation accident investigations and reports

1934

Title/Flight	Author	Incident date	Location	Publication date
1934 Northwest Airlines crash	Eugene L. Vidal	7 August 1934	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	9 January 1935
1934 Rapid Airlines crash	Eugene L. Vidal	15 November 1934	Amazonia, Missouri	25 March 1935
1 December 1934 glider crash	Eugene L. Vidal	1 December 1934	Miami, Florida
1934 Braniff Airways crash	Eugene L. Vidal	8 December 1934	Columbia, Missouri	15 April 1935
United Air Lines crash on 20 December 1934		20 December 1934	Western Springs, Illinois	6 February 1936
American Airlines Flight on 22 December 1934	Eugene L. Vidal	22 December 1934	Sunbright, Tennessee	17 April 1935
American Airways crash on 28 December 1934	Eugene L. Vidal	28 December 1934	Wilmurt, New York	1935 or later

1935

Title/Flight	Author	Incident date	Location	Publication date
TWA crash on 26 January 1935	Eugene L. Vidal	26 January 1935	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	28 March 1935
Aeronca crash on 24 March 1935	Eugene L. Vidal	24 March 1935	Columbus Grove, Ohio
1935 private Welch aircraft crash	Eugene L. Vidal	22 April 1935	Portland, Indiana
1935 Varney Air Transport crash	Jesse W. Lankford	1 May 1935	Rattlesnake Butte, Colorado
TWA Flight 6 (preliminary report)	Eugene L. Vidal	6 May 1935	Atlanta, Missouri	8 May 1935
TWA Flight 6		6 May 1935	Atlanta, Missouri	5 June 1935
TWA Flight 6 (memo to the Secretary of Commerce)	Eugene L. Vidal	6 May 1935	Atlanta, Missouri	12 June 1935
TWA Flight 6 (comments subsequent)	Eugene L. Vidal	6 May 1935	Atlanta, Missouri	12 June 1935
1935 Petrol Oil Corporation crash	Eugene L. Vidal	7 May 1935	Fillmore, California
1935 Knowles Flying Service crash	Eugene L. Vidal	18 May 1935	Flint, Michigan
1935 Wyoming Air Service crash	Jesse W. Lankford	27 May 1935	Glendo, Wyoming
Southern Airlines Crash on 28 May 1935	Jesse W. Lankford	28 May 1935	Nilwood, Illinois
1935 private Monocoupe aircraft crash	Eugene L. Vidal	20 June 1935	Pampa, Texas
1935 private Mercury Chic aircraft crash	Eugene L. Vidal	22 June 1935	Garden City, New York
1935 private Eaglerock A-1 aircraft crash	Jesse W. Lankford, Joe T. Shumate, Jr, Richard C. Gazley	29 June 1935	Hartfield, New York
16 July 1935 Mid-Air Collision	Jesse W. Lankford, Joe T. Shumate, Jr, Richard C. Gazley	16 July 1935	Norristown, Pennsylvania
1935 Wedell Williams Air Service crash	Jesse W. Lankford, Joe T. Shumate, Jr, Richard C. Gazley	19 July 1935	Gulfport, Mississippi
TWA Flight 6	Jesse W. Lankford	3 August 1935	Albuquerque, New Mexico
Delta Flight 4		4 August 1935	Gilmer, Texas
1935 Lockheed Orion 9E crash	Jesse W. Lankford	15 August 1935	Walakpi, Alaska
1935 Mayflower Transit Co crash	Jesse W. Lankford, Joe T. Shumate, Jr, Richard C. Gazley	15 August 1935	Glendo, Wyoming
1935 Waco Distributors crash	Jesse W. Lankford, Joe T. Shumate, Jr, Richard C. Gazley, A. A. Vollmecke	28 August 1935	Hillsgrove, Rhode Island
1935 Western Air Express crash	Jesse W. Lankford, Joe T. Shumate, Jr, Richard C. Gazley, E. L. Yuravich	1 September 1935	Burbank, California
8 September 1935 Taylor E-2 crash	Eugene L. Vidal	8 September 1935	Danville, Illinois	7 May 1936
20 September 1935 Taylor E-2 crash	Jesse W. Lankford, Joe T. Shumate, Jr, Richard C. Gazley	20 September 1935	Johnstown, New York
1935 Manning and Terry crash	Jesse W. Lankford, Joe T. Shumate, Jr, Richard C. Gazley	26 September 1935	Sheridan, Wyoming
United Airlines Flight 4	Jesse W. Lankford	17 October 1935	Cheyenne, Wyoming	31 October 1935

1938

Scan	Title/Flight	Author	Incident date	Location	Publication date
	Samoan Clipper		11 January 1938	Pago Pago, American Samoa	1 April 1938

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