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The New York office of the Civil Aeronautics Board was notified of this accident by the Civil Aeronautics Administration a few minutes after occurrence. An investigation was immediately initiated in accordance with the provisions of Section 70 (a)(2) of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, as amended. A public hearing was order by the Board and was held at the Hotel Lexington, New York City, on February 26 and 27, 1952.

Northeast Airlines, Inc., is a scheduled air carrier, incorporated in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with its principal business office at Boston, Massachusetts. It operates under a currently effective certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Civil Aeronautics Board, and an air carrier operating certificate issued by the Civil Aeronautics Administration. These certificates authorize the company to transport by air persons and property over numerous routes within the continental limits of the United States, including that between Boston and. New York.

Captain A. V. R. Marsh, age 44, held a currently effective airline transport certificate with an appropriate rating for the subject aircraft. He had been employed continuously by Northeast Airlines since 1938. His total piloting time was 13,849 hours, of which 2,382 hours had been in Convairs, and he was a company captain and check pilots.

First Officer Austin E. Briggs, age 35, held a currently effective airline transport rating with appropriate-rating for the subject aircraft. He had been employed by the company as a pilot since 1942. His total piloting was about 5,100 hours, of which about 700 had been as copilot on Convairs.

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