Beech C-99 incident near Albuquerque, New Mexico, December 18, 1986
On December 18, 1986 at about 6:10 am local time, a Beech C-99, registered N7212P, suffered minor damage in an incident near Albuquerque, New Mexico (Albuquerque International airport). It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135). No one was hurt; 6 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- December 18, 1986 · about 6:10 am local time
- Place
- Albuquerque, New Mexico · Albuquerque International
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 6 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Beech C-99 · all C-99s on the register
- Registration
- N7212P · registry record · serial U-220
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
MESA AIRLINE FLT 114 WAS ON A SCHEDULED FLT FROM ALBUQUERQUE TO CLOVIS, NM. UPON TOUCHDOWN AT CLOVIS, THE LEFT LANDING GEAR BEGAN TO COLLAPSE AND A GO-AROUND WAS SUCCESSFUL. THE CREW ELECTED TO RETURN TO ALBUQUERQUE WHERE EMERG EQUIPMENT COULD STAND BY. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, WHILE STILL ON THE LANDING ROLL, THE LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED. THE ACFT CAME TO A STOP AND ALL OCCUPANTS OF THE ACFT DEPLANED SUCCESSFULLY.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot, flight instructor, commercial pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instructor: airplane single-engine; instrument: airplane; instrument: helicopter
- Flight time: 2,400 hours in all; 800 in this make and model; 240 in the last 90 days; 1,260 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 7,134 hours
- Last inspection: continuous airworthiness programme, November 23, 1986; 71 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 10,400 lb
- Seats: 16
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: P&W PT6-36 (turboprop); 0 hours total
- Operator: Mesa Air Shuttle
The flight
- Departed from: ABQ Albuquerque NM at 3:04 am
- Destination: CVN Clovis NM
- Flight plan: IFR
- Runway 8, 13,375 ft by 300 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: night, dark
- Wind: from 080° at 14 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: overcast at 1,300 ft; scat at 600 ft
- Temperature: 36°F (2°C), dew point 28°F (-2°C)
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observation at 6:09 am from ABQ
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 2 | |||
| Passengers | 4 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Other NTSB records under N7212P the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
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