# Accident 19800519014169A: Lear 25D, Sarasota, FL, May 19, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 1980, 12:04 local time
- Place: Sarasota, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.3383° N, 82.5437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sarasota, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3383&lon=-82.5437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N125NE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N125NE-1982-11-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Learjet 25D (registry code 5170514, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-learjet-25d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 25D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,740 total, 6,062 in this make and model, 165 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA80AA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA80AA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800519014169A

## Narrative

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

CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE.   INDICATES LOSS OF CONTROL, IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. SPUN IN. OVERSPEED HORN SILENCED.

## 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 DCA80AA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA80AA018), May 19, 1980: Learjet 25D (N125NE), Gulf Of Mexico (Gulf of Mexico), destroyed, 2 fatal

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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