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 3. Captain Wright and First Officer Bininger were physically qualified and held proper certificates of competency to perform their duties on the flight in question.

4. Aircraft NC 25691 was currently certificated as airworthy at the time of the accident, and was in an airworthy condition at the time of departure from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at 8:47 a.m. that day.

5. Trip 142 was cleared in accordance with company procedure from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Knoxville, Tennessee, with several scheduled intermediate stops, the first of which was Morgantown, West Virginia.

6. Trip 142 proceeded uneventfully to the vicinity of the Morgantown Municipal Airport, circled the field and commenced to land.

7. The weather conditions were above the prescribed minimums and were Satisfactory for landing at the time. The field was wet from rein, and it was raining intermittently before, and at the time of, the accident.

8. The airplane contacted the ground about 800 feet from the approach and of the runway, skipped about 200 feet and then rolled approximately 1500 feet to a point about 700 feet from the and of the runway before the captain attempted to apply the brakes.

9. The captain attempted to apply the brakes during a period of 2 or 3 seconds, became convinced that he could obtain no braking action, and attempted to initiate a groundloop about, 500 feet from the end of the runway.

10. The airplane turned about 90 degrees to the left and slid sideways off the runway and down on embankment at the edge of the field.