Eckert W G
Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 1982 Mar;3(1):17-27.
In midmorning on March 31, 1931, at Bazaar, Kansas (between Kansas City and Wichita), an F-10A air transport of the Transcontinental and Western Airline crashed in bad weather, resulting in the loss of the two crew members and six passengers. This crash brought the sensational news to the American public of the death of Knute Rockne, the lengendary football coach of Notre Dame University. It also focused the public's attention on the hazards of airline travel in America 50 years ago. The response of the Department of Commerce's Committee on aviation Safety, developing since 1926, helped assure the public that a proper investigation into questions of safety of airline transports was made. The response to the crash of the F-10A transport that killed Rockne was to ground all the planes and carefully examine the wings for defects. This resulted in the eventual removal of all wooden wings from air transports and effectively demonstrated the need for advanced aircraft design. This led to the introduction of several new concepts in aircraft design, including the Boeing Transport and the DC series of the Douglas Aircraft company, which has been a mainstay for commercial and military transportation since the early 1930s. A general review of the development of aviation is given as well as the details of the development of aircraft accident investigation by the federal government. This includes the investigation of the Rockne crash.
1931年3月31日上午，在堪萨斯州的巴扎尔（位于堪萨斯城和威奇托之间），跨大陆和西部航空公司的一架F - 10A空中运输机在恶劣天气中坠毁，导致两名机组人员和六名乘客丧生。这次坠机事件将圣母大学传奇橄榄球教练克努特·罗克尼去世的轰动性消息带给了美国公众。它也让公众的注意力聚焦于50年前美国航空旅行的危险性。自1926年以来一直在发展的商务部航空安全委员会的应对措施，有助于向公众保证对航空运输安全问题进行了恰当调查。对导致罗克尼丧生的F - 10A运输机坠毁事件的应对措施是让所有飞机停飞，并仔细检查机翼是否有缺陷。这最终导致所有空中运输机的木质机翼被拆除，并有效证明了先进飞机设计的必要性。这引发了飞机设计中的几个新概念，包括波音运输机和道格拉斯飞机公司的DC系列，自20世纪30年代初以来，这些机型一直是商业和军事运输的中流砥柱。本文对航空业的发展进行了总体回顾，并详细介绍了联邦政府对飞机事故调查的发展情况。这包括对罗克尼坠机事件的调查。
