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TABLE 22 (Cont.)

[[4 Column Table]]
Causes of Unsafe Airline Flying | Frequency | Frequency | Frequency
--- | --- | --- | ---
3. Airports Inadequate for Present Heavy Traffic |   | 26 |
4. Airports with No Radio Equipped Control Tower |   | 10 |
5. Obstructions On and Around Airport |   | 10 |
6. Obsolete or Unstandardized Conditions of the Airport |   | 8 | 
7. Lack of Fog Dispersal at Airports |   | 1 |

C. Aircraft |   |   | 151
1. Aircraft Cockpit Design |   | 59 |
a. Non-standardized cockpits and instruments | 26 |   |
b. Inadequate cockpit lighting | 15 |   |
c. Windshields not tinted | 12 |   |
d. Windshields too small | 2 |   |
e. Maps that aren't easily securable in the cockpit | 1 |   |
f. Unnecessary gadgets in the cockpit | 1 |   |
g. Radio hard to get at | 1 |   |
h. Windshields too thin, not bird-proof | 1 |   |

2. Structural and/or Equipment Failures or Deficiencies of Aircraft |   | 44 |
a. De-icing equipment inadequate | 29 |   |
b Structural failures | 4 |   |
c. Too much error in altimeters | 4 |   |
d. Inferior equipment | 3 |   |
e. Lights on plane too dim for landing | 2 |   |
f. Aircraft without blinking lights | 1 |   |
g. Flat tires | 1 |   |

3. Mechanical Failures and/or Deficiencies |   | 34 |  
a. Mechanical difficulties and failures | 25 |   |
b. Two engine planes | 7 |   |
c. Props which won't fester | 1 |   |
d. Constellation mechanically deficient | 1 |   |

4. Fire Hazards |   | 10 |
a. Places on plane not available to crew | 4 |   |
b. Paint not fireproof | 3 |   |
c. Engines have inadequate fire-fighting equipment | 2 |   |
d. DC-4 gas tanks | 1 |   |

5. Old Planes |   | 3 |

6. Water in Gas |   | 1 |    

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