# N25TA: 1975 Gates Lear Jet 25B, registration cancelled 1980-06-18

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: June 18, 1980
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Gates Lear Jet 25B](https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-lear-jet-25b) (registry code 5170511)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A10CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A10CE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 196
- Year built: 1975
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Certificate issued: September 13, 1979
- Mode S code: A256CF
- Owner when cancelled: [Johnson Norman L](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/JOHNSON%20NORMAN%20L)
- Location: [New Orleans, LA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/LA/New%20Orleans)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 29.9561° N, 90.0773° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 70112, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N25TA
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=25TA
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25TA-1980-06-18

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Gates Lear Jet 25B: https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-lear-jet-25b.md

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW80AA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80AA064), Apr 11, 1980: Lear Jet 25B (N25TA), Conlon, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal

## FAA accident and incident reports (2)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 19800411026429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800411026429A), Apr 11, 1980: Lear 25B (N25TA), Conlon, TX, Destroyed. Investigation indicates possible runway pitch trim. Spoilers were deployed. Would aggrevate full nose down trim.
- [Incident 19781126024499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781126024499I), Nov 26, 1978: Lear 25B (N25TA), New Orleans, LA, Minor damage. When crossing threshold pilot heard thump as birds crossed path. Bird strike to craft.

## Other aircraft with N25TA

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N25TA): Cessna 340A, S/N 340A1538, built 1982

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