# Accident 19800411026429A: Lear 25B, Conlon, TX, April 11, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 1980, 17:20 local time
- Place: Conlon, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Aircraft: N25TA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25TA-1980-06-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Lear Jet 25B (registry code 5170511, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-lear-jet-25b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 25B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,525 total, 900 in this make and model, 162 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80AA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80AA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800411026429A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

INVESTIGATION INDICATES POSSIBLE RUNWAY PITCH TRIM. SPOILERS WERE DEPLOYED. WOULD AGGREVATE FULL NOSE DOWN TRIM.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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

## Other reports on N25TA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [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.

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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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