Braniff Flight 542 crashed in Buffalo on September 29 , 1959 . It was en route to Dallas from Houston , and the crash resulted in the deaths of twenty-nine passengers and five crew members . The plane was an 11-day-old Lockheed L-188 Electra . The Civil Aeronautics Board blamed the crash on the " whirl-mode " prop theory
Braniff Flight 542
Braniff Flight 542
Buffalo, Texas