At 1205 e.d.t., on May 19, 1980, Northeast Jet Company, Learjet 25D, N125NE crashed into the Gulf of Mexico while en route to New Orleans, Louisiana, from West Palm Beach, Florida. The pilot and copilot were on board the aircraft. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was an unexpected encounter with moderate to severe clear air turbulence, the flightcrew's improper response to the encounter, and the aircraft's marginal controllability characteristics when flown at and beyond the boundary of its high altitude speed envelope, all of which resulted in the aircraft exceeding its Mach limits and a progressive loss of control from which recovery was not possible.
Aircraft Accident Report - Northeast Jet Company, Gates Learjet 25D, N125NE, Gulf of Mexico, May 19, 1980
1981
78 pages
Report
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