Beech TC-45J accident near Laredo, Texas, September 30, 1986
On September 30, 1986 at about 5:02 pm local time, a Beech TC-45J, registered N706M, was substantially damaged in an accident near Laredo, Texas (Laredo Intl airport). It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135). No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- September 30, 1986 · about 5:02 pm local time
- Place
- Laredo, Texas · Laredo Intl
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Beech TC-45J · all TC-45Js on the register
- Registration
- N706M · registry record · serial 12360
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
JUST AFTER THE PLT BEGAN THE TAKEOFF ROLL, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. AN EXAM REVEALED THAT OVERLOAD FAILURE OF THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TRUNION TUBE HAD OCCURRED. THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT THE OVERLOAD RESULTED FROM EITHER A PREVIOUS HARD LANDING OR FROM A FORK LIFT COLLIDING WITH THE AIRCRAFT WHILE IT WAS BEING LOADED.
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: commercial pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 2,900 hours in all; 250 in this make and model; 130 in the last 90 days
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 15,194 hours
- Last inspection: approved inspection programme, September 18, 1986; 30 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 8,625 lb
- Seats: 2
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Airesearch TPE-331-1101B (turboprop); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: LRD at 5:02 pm
- Destination: MEM Memphis TN
- Flight plan: IFR
- Runway 14, 5,927 ft by 150 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 150° at 22 knots, gusting 26
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: overcast at 2,500 ft; not recorded at 2,500 ft
- Temperature: 88°F (31°C), dew point 73°F (23°C)
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observation at 4:45 pm from LRD
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Other NTSB records under N706M the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, the folder of records gathered during the investigation, shown as the NTSB released them (the NTSB redacts some personal details first) and listed under the NTSB's own titles. This site's own text never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number FTW86LA174.