| Date: | Friday 11 April 1980 |
| Time: | 17:19 |
| Type: |  Learjet 25B |
| Owner/operator: | Thunderbird Airways |
| Registration: | N25TA |
| MSN: | 25-196 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 10 km W of Conlon, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Vernal Airport, UT (VEL/KVEL) |
| Houston (unknown airport), TX | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Lost control at FL412 after encountering clear air turbulence and crashed in a steep high speed descent.
PROBABLE CAUSE(S):
miscellaneous - undetermined
FACTOR(S):
miscellaneous acts,conditions - separation in flight
Accident investigation:
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