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In the investigation of this accident it was learned that the Sixth Ferrying Group of the Air Transport Command at Long Beach, California, had placed an erroneous interpretation on the rules governing contact flight on a civil airway. Although this had no direct bearing on their accident, their interpretation of these rules creates a situation fraught with great danger, particularly under conditions of mountainous terrain and congested air traffic.

On June 24, 1941, the Civil Aeronautics Board passed a regulation which roads as follows:

The Regulations are supplemented by the explanatory and interpretive material included in the Civil Aeronautics Manual, prepared and distributed by the Civil Aeronautics Administration. The particular volume of the Civil Aeronautics Manual covering Part 60 of the Civil Air