Air Crash Daily | Braniff International Airways Flight 542 Aftermath Footage @AirCrashDaily | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Accident Description:
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Photos Archive:
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๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฎ was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Houston to New York with stopovers in Dallas and Washington, D.C. The flight was being operated by a Lockheed L-188 Electra (Reg. N9705C) on ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ต, ๐ญ๐ต๐ฑ๐ต.
At approximately 22:40 the flight was cleared for takeoff and at 22:44 the crew reported airborne. After takeoff Houston departure control advised that it had the flight in radar contact and requested it to report when established outbound on the 345-degree radial of the Houston omni. Flight 542 complied and subsequently was cleared to 9,000 feet and advised to contact San Antonio Center upon passing the Gulf Coast intersection. At approximately 22:52 Flight 542 reported to San Antonio Center as being over Gulf Coast intersection at 9,000 feet.
The flight was then issued its destination clearance to the Dallas Airport and it was cleared to climb to its cruising altitude of 15,000 feet. At 23:09 the left wing and the No. 1 gear box propeller separated. The horizontal stabilizer then broke up under the impact of parts coming from the wing; wing planking from the right wing tip came free; the No. 4 powerplant tore loose; and the right wing outboard of engine No. 4 separated. All of these events happened in a short period of time. Somewhat later, at much lower altitudes, the fuselage broke in two separate portions at a point about halfway back near fuselage station No. 570. All 34 people aboard were killed.
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ:
"The Board determines the probable cause of this accident was structural failure of the left wing resulting from forces generated by undampened propeller whirl mode."
Accident Description:
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Photos Archive:
https://x.com/aircrashdaily/status/1575411306168954880?s=19
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฎ was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Houston to New York with stopovers in Dallas and Washington, D.C. The flight was being operated by a Lockheed L-188 Electra (Reg. N9705C) on ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ต, ๐ญ๐ต๐ฑ๐ต.
At approximately 22:40 the flight was cleared for takeoff and at 22:44 the crew reported airborne. After takeoff Houston departure control advised that it had the flight in radar contact and requested it to report when established outbound on the 345-degree radial of the Houston omni. Flight 542 complied and subsequently was cleared to 9,000 feet and advised to contact San Antonio Center upon passing the Gulf Coast intersection. At approximately 22:52 Flight 542 reported to San Antonio Center as being over Gulf Coast intersection at 9,000 feet.
The flight was then issued its destination clearance to the Dallas Airport and it was cleared to climb to its cruising altitude of 15,000 feet. At 23:09 the left wing and the No. 1 gear box propeller separated. The horizontal stabilizer then broke up under the impact of parts coming from the wing; wing planking from the right wing tip came free; the No. 4 powerplant tore loose; and the right wing outboard of engine No. 4 separated. All of these events happened in a short period of time. Somewhat later, at much lower altitudes, the fuselage broke in two separate portions at a point about halfway back near fuselage station No. 570. All 34 people aboard were killed.
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ:
"The Board determines the probable cause of this accident was structural failure of the left wing resulting from forces generated by undampened propeller whirl mode."
