Following the accident, the Aeronautics Branch of the US Department of Commerce placed stringent restrictions on the use of wooden wings on passenger airliners.

In 1933, the Commerce Department's Aeronautics Branch and the Civil Works Administration (CWA) began a nationwide program of airport development.

Ray drove it to the main entrance of the Commerce Building where it was accepted by John H. Geisse, chief of the Aeronautics Branch.

In 1934, the Aeronautics Branch was renamed the Bureau of Air Commerce.

The newly created Aeronautics Branch, operating under the Department of Commerce assumed primary responsibility for aviation oversight.

The Aeronautics Branch was renamed the Bureau of Air Commerce in 1934 to reflect its enhanced status within the Department.

To fulfill its new aviation responsibilities, the Department of Commerce created an Aeronautics Branch.

The Aeronautics Branch took over the Post Office's task of building airway light beacons, and in 1928 introduced a new navigation aid known as the low frequency radio range.

While the Aeronautics Branch was making these advances, NACA was producing benefits through a program of laboratory research begun in 1920.

Under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Aeronautics Branch cooperated with public works agencies on projects that represented an early form of federal aid to airports.