| Registration / Serial: | N79978 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Curtiss-Wright CW-20 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20) |
| Aircraft Version: | Curtiss C-46E Commando |
| C/n (msn): | 2936 |
| Operator Titles: | Standard Air Lines |
| City / Airport: | New York - La Guardia (KLGA / LGA)Map |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1 May 1948 to 11 July 1949 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 577196Submit Correction |
| View count: | 579 |
N79978 crashed on approach to Burbank, California, on July 12, 1949 killing 35 of the 48 occupants. The flight had originated at La Guardia the previous day and might be the departure caught in the photo. Standard had bought the aircraft in April 1948 in a War Assets sale and it had amassed only 1515 hours at the time of the accident. Photo by: Hans Groenhoff / Smithsonian Institution
| Registration / Serial: | N79978 |
| Aircraft Version: | Curtiss C-46E Commando |
| C/n (msn): | 2936 |
| Operator Titles: | Standard Air Lines |
| City / Airport: | New York - La Guardia (KLGA / LGA)Map | Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1 May 1948 to 11 July 1949 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | N79978 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Curtiss-Wright CW-20 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20) |
| Aircraft Version: | Curtiss C-46E Commando |
| C/n (msn): | 2936 |
| Operator Titles: | Standard Air Lines |
| City / Airport: | New York - La Guardia (KLGA / LGA)Map |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1 May 1948 to 11 July 1949 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 577196Submit Correction |
| View count: | 579 |
N79978 crashed on approach to Burbank, California, on July 12, 1949 killing 35 of the 48 occupants. The flight had originated at La Guardia the previous day and might be the departure caught in the photo. Standard had bought the aircraft in April 1948 in a War Assets sale and it had amassed only 1515 hours at the time of the accident. Photo by: Hans Groenhoff / Smithsonian Institution
| Registration / Serial: | N79978 |
| Aircraft Version: | Curtiss C-46E Commando |
| C/n (msn): | 2936 |
| Operator Titles: | Standard Air Lines |
| City / Airport: | New York - La Guardia (KLGA / LGA)Map | Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1 May 1948 to 11 July 1949 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |