# NTSB FTW66A0095: Lear Jet 23, N235R, Clarendon, TX, April 23, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 23, 1966
- Place: Clarendon, TX · CLARENDON, TX
- Location: 34.9369° N, 100.8921° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clarendon, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9369&lon=-100.8921&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 21, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 172503
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW66A0095
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW66A0095

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-1179  66/4/23    CLARENDON TEX       LEAR JET 23         CR-  2  0  0  INSTRUCTIONAL             AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1238                    N235R               PX-  0  0  0  CHECK                     28, 2554 TOTAL HOURS, 380
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CLARENDON MUNI
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
          PILOT-LOSS OF CTRL IN TURBLNT,INSTRMENT,CONDITIONS
        REMARKS- SUSPECT FAILURE BOTH GYRO HORIZONS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N235R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N235R-1966-07-26), registration cancelled 1966-07-26, S/N 23-032 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR JET 23
- Registry model: [Learjet 23](https://openairdocs.org/model/learjet-23) (registry code 5170102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Clarendon Muni

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.

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