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 of the Board or by one of the deputy sheriffs who had been employed by the Board to guard the wreckage. The inspection of all parts of the aircraft was completed by the Board on November 15, 1940, and aircraft NC 16086 was released to United on that day.

In connection with the investigation of the accident, a public hearing was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, beginning on November 12 and continuing through November 24, 1940. G. Grant Mason, Jr., one of the five members of the Board, was designated as Presiding Examiner and S. G. Tipton, Assistant General Counsel of the Board, was designated by the Board as Associate Examiner. They were assisted by Jerome Lederer, Director of the Safety Bureau of the Board, Frank E. Caldwell of that Bureau, and, from time to time by Ford Studebaker and Herbert Bucke, who had been retained as radio experts for the purpose of this investigation.