Braniff International Airways Flight 542 , a Lockheed L-188 Electra , registration N9705C , was a scheduled domestic flight from Houston , Texas , bound for New York with scheduled stops in Dallas and Washington , D.C. On September 29 , 1959 , 23 minutes into the 41-minute flight from Houston to Dallas Love Field , the aircraft disintegrated Change in mid-air approximately southeast of Buffalo , Texas , killing Killing everyone on board .

This aircraft , another Electra , had disintegrated Change in mid-air after losing Earnings_and_losses its wings in a similar fashion to the Braniff aircraft .

It occurred Coming_to_be on 19 July 1960 over Brisbane in a Trans Australia Airlines Lockheed Electra .

Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 706 was a Lockheed L-188 Electra aircraft , registration which crashed Catastrophe on take-off from Chicago 's O'Hare International Airport September 17 , 1961 .

Takeoff was normal until the aircraft reached Arriving the altitude of 100 feet above ground level , when witnesses noticed Know a slight change in the sound of the Electra 's engines .

Northwest Airlines Flight 2 was a Lockheed Super Electra aircraft , registration NC17388 , which crashed Motion into the Bridger Mountains about 12 miles ( 19 km ) northeast of Bozeman , Montana , on January 10 , 1938 .

All ten on board were killed Killing in the accident Catastrophe , which was the first fatal crash Catastrophe of a Northwest Airlines aircraft or a Lockheed Super Electra .

Northwest had been the first United States airline to take delivery Sending of the Super Electra , but sold Commerce_sell most of its remaining Presence Electra fleet in 1939 after three subsequent accidents Catastrophe called Name_conferral the airworthiness and commercial potential of the aircraft into question .

Northwest had been the first United States airline to take delivery Sending of the Super Electra , but sold Commerce_sell most of its remaining Presence Electra fleet in 1939 after three subsequent accidents Catastrophe called Name_conferral the airworthiness and commercial potential of the aircraft into question .

One Electra crashed Motion in California while in the process of being delivered Sending to the airline .

The Electra was one of a number of ageing aircraft operated Being_in_operation by TSA .

Northwest Airlines Flight 1 , registration NC17389 , was a Lockheed 14H Super Electra aircraft which crashed Catastrophe approximately ½ mile southwest of the Miles City , Montana , airport on January 13 , 1939 .

The Super Electra 's cross-feed fuel system maintained Preserving a constant pressure of approximately 4½ pounds , and there had been numerous reports of leakage in the vicinity of the valve .