Amarillo - Dallas

On April 23, 1966 at 12:38 PM, Amarillo - Dallas experienced a crash involving Learjet 23, operated by Rexall Drug and Chemical Corporation, with the event recorded near Clarendon Texas.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew was completing a training flight from Amarillo to Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. While climbing to an altitude of 41,000 feet, the crew lost control of the aircraft that entered an uncontrolled descent, dove into the ground and eventually crashed in a field located about a mile southwest of Clarendon, Texas. The aircraft was totally destroyed upon impact and both occupants were killed. Turbulences were reported in the flight area at the time of the accident.

Aircraft reference details include registration N235R, MSN 23-032, year of manufacture 1965.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 34.9359°, -100.8906°.