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- 9 - were found in the aircraft wreckage; however, no terminal forecast, SIGMET, area forecast, Mohawk weather message, or other weather documents were found. When this fact is compared with the testimony of the Ithaca Customer Service Agent that these documents were not given the flight, it appears that Mohawk Airlines did not properly dispatch Flight 115 from Ithaca to Rochester.

The Customer Service Agent at Rochester placed the flight documents on the operations office desk for the captain's signature. The weather documents reportedly included the 1600 Service A sequence report and the 1453 Mohawk weather message. Not included were the 1415 aviation severe weather forecast, the 1430 SIGMET, or the 1445 amended Rochester terminal forecast. These documents were available at United Air Lines. The failure to provide this weather information is contrary to the provisions of the Civil Air Regulations in the dispatch of Flight 112 from Rochester.

In the dispatching of Flights 115 and 112 from Ithaca and Rochester the latest available weather forecasts were not provided and were not attached to the dispatch release form. This was contrary to the Company's Operations Manual and the Civil Air Regulations. Copies of the dispatch documents and attachments were not found in the Ithaca or Rochester station files, nor were copies of the Rochester dispatch documents found in the wrecked airplane, leading to the conclusion that Captain Dennis was not given a copy. This procedure appears to be contrary to the Company's Operations Manual and the Civil Air Regulations. However, the Federal Aviation Agency Air Carrier Inspector assigned to Mohawk explained that the company maintained