| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | May 19, 1980 |
| Time: | 12:05 |
| Location: | Off Sarasota, Florida |
| Operator: | Northeast Jet |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | West Palm Beach, FL - New Orleans, LA |
| AC Type: | Learjet 25D |
| Registration: | N125NE |
| cn / ln: | 25-271 |
| Aboard: | 2 (passengers:0 crew:2) |
| Fatalities: | 2 (passengers:0 crew:2) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | An unexpected encouter with moderate to severe clear air turbulence, the flightcrew's improper response to the encounter, and the aircraft's marginal controllability characteristics when flown at and beyond the boundary of its high altitude speed envelope, all of which resulted in the aircreft exceeding its Mach limits and a progressive loss of control from which recovery was not possible. |
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