# N834TC: Thunder & Colt Airborne Amer 210A - Status: Valid registration - Airframe: [Thunder & Colt Airborne Amer 210A](https://openairdocs.org/model/thunder-colt-airborne-amer-210a) (registry code 2301232, 1 seats) - Data sheets: [TCDS B82EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/B82EU) (Lindstrand Balloons Ltd.) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 2475USA - Type: Balloon - Engine type: None - Certificate issued: May 7, 2014 - Expires: May 31, 2027 - Mode S code: AB68E2 - Registered owner: [Bmg Aviation Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BMG%20AVIATION%20INC) - Location: [Bloomington, IN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IN/Bloomington) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 39.0852° N, 86.6123° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 47403, within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=834TC - Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N834TC From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. ADs below are matched by the registry's airframe and engine model codes. They may apply; each AD's applicability can narrow it by serial number, part number or installed equipment. This is not a compliance determination. ## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs): 3 in force ### Matched by airframe (Thunder & Colt Airborne Amer 210A) - [AD 2024-13-03](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2024-13-03): Balloon Reports · Lindstrand Balloons 42A, 56A, 60A and 16 more. Effective Jul 12, 2024 - [AD 2013-03-10](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2013-03-10): Hardware · Aeronaut Instruction Research Skysailor 105, Skysailor 90, 110C and 439 more. Effective Mar 19, 2013 - [AD 2008-13-05](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2008-13-05): Burner hoses · Lindstrand Balloons 105A, 120A, 150A and 11 more. Effective Jul 23, 2008 ### Historical (superseded or no longer in force) - [AD 2008-06-15](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2008-06-15) (historical): Burner hoses · Lindstrand Balloons 105A, 120A, 150A and 11 more. Effective Apr 1, 2008 ## Information bulletins (advisory) (1 in force) - [SAIB CE-11-44](https://openairdocs.org/saib/CE-11-44): Fuel: Cylinder Strap Installation. Issued Jul 13, 2011 ## NTSB investigations (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB NYC97LA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97LA176), Aug 31, 1997: Thunder and Colt AX-10 (N834TC), Akron, PA, no damage. Probable cause: failure of a passenger to hang onto the ropes, as directed; which allowed another passenger to be struck as the basket tipped over, broking her arm. A related factor was the wind, which was strong… ## FAA accident and incident reports (1) From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [Accident 19970831047839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970831047839A), Aug 31, 1997: Cessna 210A (N834TC), Akrou, PA, No damage. (-16) [privacy data omitted] ## Service difficulty reports None filed for this aircraft. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. ## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs) (8) Approved for this aircraft's airframe or engine model, in force first, then newest. The registry doesn't record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do. ### Approved for the airframe (Thunder & Colt Airborne Amer 210A) - [STC SB10564SC](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SB10564SC): Installation of Night Position Lights. Highland Balloon Repair, CRS NHMD682X - [STC SB09657RC](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SB09657RC): Installation of Aircraft Position Lights. Albuquerque Balloon Center, Inc - [STC SB04407AT](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SB04407AT): Installation of the DBI-III Omega. Balloonacy, Ltd. LLC - [STC SB04095CH](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SB04095CH): Replace the Lindstrand Balloons Basket/Burner/Fuel Tanks with a Cameron Balloons or a Thunder & Colt Basket/Burner/Fuel Tanks. ARBC Inc dba Lindstrand Balloons USA - [STC SB03468CH](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SB03468CH): Replace the Lindstrand Balloons fabric with Head Balloons Inc. 1.9 oz fabric (with either polyurethane or silicone coating) for repairs. Gary M. Prentice - [STC SB03066CH](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SB03066CH): Replace the Lindstrand Balloons Basket/Burner/Fuel Tanks with a Aerostar International Basket/Burner/Fuel Tanks. ARBC Inc dba Lindstrand Balloons USA - [STC SB02787CH](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SB02787CH): ONE ONLY STC; S/N 5356: Replace the Lindstrand Balloons Ltd Burner system with the Lindstrand Balloons USA Burner, Part Number BU-008-A-002. Escape Adventures - [STC SB597CH](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SB597CH): Installation of the Ball M55 Instrument package. ARBC Inc dba Lindstrand Balloons USA ## Related - Other Thunder & Colt Airborne Amer 210A aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/thunder-colt-airborne-amer-210a/aircraft.md --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.