conditions below minimum speCified in Civil Air Regulations*. Floyd Bennett Field, although reporting contact conditions in the last hourlr sequence,
was the only station throughout the area which reported such favorable conditions and it would have been reasonable to regard such conditions as tranSitory in nature in View of the general observations of low ceilings
and ViSibilities. Moreover} in View of the fact that the Weather at both alternates was held; the minimums for landing at those fields at approximatdy the time of take-eff fro" .iladelphia, it is apfarent either that cenpany forecasting techniques were inaccurate ar that insufficient Care was exercised in the selection of alternate airports. No attempt has made to adVise the pilot that the conditions of both alternates during the flightvmre as poor or worse than those at his destinatiOn, nor did Capt. Cavalier at an
time attempt to check the conditions at his alternates during the flight.**
.fiCAR 61.7IO92 TYPES OF ALTERNATE AIRPORTS. ta) If an alternate referred to in § 61.71091 is equipped tith a radio range, the weather conditions existng thereat at the time of clearance must be equal to, or above, the ceilings an visibilities specified in the air carrier operating certificate for letting— dewnrthrough at such airport then uSing it as an alternate airport and the hourly weather report sequence and current forecasts shall show a trend that indicates that such weather conditions will continue or improve at such alums airport until the flight shall arrive thereat. The weather minimums at such alternate airport shall in no case be less than one of the f.llowinv.
(l) a ceiling of 1,000 feet and viSibility'of l Wllg (2) A ceiling ot 900 feet Jlth a viSi :lit of ltrulu £33 A ceiling of 800 i'eJL Iith " ViSibility f 2rult.
- tCnR 61.710h2(e) The diSpatcher or deli authoriz 0 station personnel shall
attach or enter all current reports or information pertaining to eathe; mm irregularities of naVigational aids and faCilities and aircraft instruments and equipment affecting the flight. He c'hall also inform the pilot during flight, of any additional or different irregularities, and the flight shallue controlled accordingly.
CAR 61.7301 Alternate nix-ports. No scheduled air carrier aircraft shall comm-rut toward the pOint cleared to unless the weather minimums at required alternfic airports (E 61.7109) speCified in the clearance remain, throughout the fliyn at or above the minimums speeified in the air carrier operating certifieau' for such airport when used as an alternate: Provided, hdcever, That th\ i clearance nap be irended en route by the substitution of another alternat ‘ airport within th» fuel range of the ircraft as outlined in E 61.7021 uidI } mouth r conditions it or above the minimums specified in the air carrier operating certifizate for such airbor+ .hor used as an alternate.
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