| Date: | Saturday 23 April 1966 |
| Time: | 12:38 |
| Type: | Learjet 23 |
| Owner/operator: | Rexall Drug & Chemical Company |
| Registration: | N235R |
| MSN: | 23-032 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 2,4 km SW of Clarendon, TX -
United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Amarillo International Airport, TX (AMA/KAMA) |
| Destination airport: | Fort Worth (unknown airport), TX |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Lost control while climbing to FL410 in turbulent instrument conditions.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The loss of control of the aircraft, turbulent, instrument conditions, which could have been caused by a failure of both gyro horizons."
Accident investigation:
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| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Report number: | FTW66A0095 |
| Status: | Investigation completed |
| Duration: | 1 year and 4 months |
| Download report: | Final report
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Sources:
NTSB-AAR-67-AE
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