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Mike Sitt November 16, 1948 Mr. Robert W. Chrisp Chief of Hearing & Reports Division Civil Aeronautics Board Washington 25, D. C. Dear Mr. Chrisp: On behalf of the Air Line Pilots Association, International, I would like to summarize the facts and data gleaned at the hearing at Oakledge Manor, Burlington, Vermont, October 8 1948, pertaining to the air line accident involving Colonial Airlines Trip No. 3 of September 20, 1948, at Burlington Airport, Burlington, Vermont. The hearing brought out the following facts: That the runway length at Burlington is barely long enough (3600 feet) ; and That the entire runway is not available for landing when making a landing to the north; and That the normal point of touchdown is approximately one thousand feet up the runway; and That a field and runway pattern of this type requires dependency on brakes during nearly all landing to the north; and That although the runway may be long enough for a landing under good conditions and during daylight hours, it becomes hazardous as soon as weather or nightfall enters into the picture; and That the terrain to the south of the North-South runway creates a normal tendency to approach rather high; and That there was an unusual amount of rainfall at Burlington Airport just prior to the time of the accident; and