Laredo Cessna Citation Crash on Loop 20 Kills One, Injures Five: NetJets Liability, Texas Wrongful Death Law, and the 45-Day Evidence Window
The Highway That Night: A NetJets Citation Down on Loop 20It is the call no family is ready for. A loved one boarding a business jet in one city and, hours later, the phone rings and an investigator on the other end says there has been a crash. On the night of June 16, 2026, the airplane was a Cessna Citation operated by NetJets, the fractional-ownership brand of Executive Jet Aviation, Inc. — a Berkshire Hathaway company. The flight declared mechanical issues and low fuel to Laredo International Airport (LRD) tower at 9:58 PM local time. A few minutes later, the aircraft lost communication with the tower. It came down on Loop 20 — the Bob Bullock Loop that circles Laredo in Webb County — a few miles short of the runway. One of the six people on board was pronounced dead at the scene. The other five were extracted by a combination of bystanders who ran toward a burning, nearly sheared-in-half fuselage with a sledgehammer and a shovel, a firefighter who climbed a small ladder into the wreckage, and the police who held the door open while smoke drove them to double over in coughing fits. The flight was…
