Airplane Crash - Chatsworth, California 07/12/1949
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Chatsworth, California
| Date | 07/12/1949 |
| Time | 07:43 |
| Location | Chatsworth, California |
| Operator | Standard Airlines |
| Flight # | 897R |
| Route | Albuquerque - Burbank |
| Type | Curtiss C-46E-1-CS |
| Registration | N79978 |
| Cn/In | 2936 |
| Aboard | 48 |
| Fatalities | 35 |
| Ground | 0 |
| Summary | The plane was flying in level flight with the gear down. The right wing tip brushed the side of a hill pulling the plane around 90 degrees. It hit the ground and bounced 300 feet into the air and crashed. Pilot's action in descending below the prescribed minimum altitude while executing an ILS approach. |
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