Show UNITED OFFICIAL ISSUES REPORTS Leon D. D Cuddeback Assistant Chief Pilot First Company Man at Scene The following statement w was made Monday by Lee B B. Jamison district manager for lor United Air Lines here Leon D. D Cuddeback assistant chief chiel pilot of at the lines was the first company com corn pany official to visit th the scene of oJ the crash and report He reported the ground party parly arrived arrived arrived ar ar- ar- ar rived at about p. p m. m Sunday The Th plane he said said was wedged between two trees with the nose nOoSe buried burled inthe in inthe inthe the ground so that it was in an almost vertical position Due to the darkness it was Impossible Impossible sible to determine whether the plane had collided with some object prior to striking the ground The pl plane ne had not caught fire The plane struck with a force that threw the contents of the ship violently violent violent- ly forward It It struck event evenly along the leading edge of the wing The passengers were thrown forward into the nose of the plane and very apparently were killed instantly The first body that tha t of Miss Carter stewardess was removed at p p.m. p. p m. m Some difficulty was experienced in extracting the bodies of the five passengers and stewardess The bodies of the pilot and copilot were even more difficult The body of Copilot Danielson Daniel- Daniel son was not removed until late The remaining seven bodies were brought down together The watches of two were stopped at p. p m m. bu but were found to be still in running order order or or- der so that time could not be taken as the definite time of the crash The planes plane's clock had not yet been uncovered uncovered un un- un covered but it is expected that will show the time exactly The point at which the accident occurred was approximately a mile mUe from the highway although searching parties had to w walk nearly four miles to reach the plane |