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Wreckage of Air Ferries' Loening C-2C Air Yacht, NC9160 (c/n 229) after striking a tug and barge on 2 June 1930. See comments under this photo:

Here is a photo of the same passengers inside Air Ferries' Loening C-2H Air Yacht, N58K (c/n 243):

This is a photo of passengers almost certainly inside Loening C-2H Air Yacht, NC58K (c/n 243). That is based on this photo of the same people outside in front of the aircraft:

This Air Ferries Loening C-2C Air Yacht, NC9160 (c/n 229), struck a tug boat and barge in the Oakland Estuary on 2 June 1930. See: www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_N20.html See also: www.historynet.com/people-and-planes-january-98-aviation-... "[P]ilot George McCallum and co-pilot Fred Hammer were taking off from the Oakland Estuary and hit a tug that was towing two barges. The airplane glanced off the cabin of the tug, hit the last barge and hung up. Fortunately, the front of the plane was in the water, which extinguished the fire that started from a broken fuel line. One woman passenger suffered a head injury, but she later recovered. The other five passengers and two crewmen suffered only minor injuries." Additional photos in the SDASM Flickr photostream: