Lockheed L-188 Electra crash, Sep 29, 1959 (34 killed), B...
Lockheed L-188 Electra accident on September 29, 1959 near Buffalo Texas, United States with 34 fatalities. Cause: Left wing structural failure from...
- Date: September 29, 1959
- Aircraft: Lockheed L-188 Electra
- Location: Buffalo Texas, United States
- Fatalities: 34
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Left wing structural failure from propeller whirl mode flutter
Braniff Flight 542, a Lockheed Electra, left Houston for Dallas and broke up in flight at about 15,000 feet near Buffalo, Texas. All 34 people aboard were killed. The Civil Aeronautics Board concluded by elimination that whirl mode wing flutter caused the left wing to fail.