# Incident 19931016044359I: Colt 240A, Phoenix, AZ, October 16, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 1993, 07:30 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N434TC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N434TC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Thunder & Colt Airborne Amer 240A (registry code 2301225, https://openairdocs.org/model/thunder-colt-airborne-amer-240a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COLT 240A
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,820 total, 200 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931016044359I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

BALLOON BASKET SKIDDED INTO A TREE WHILE ATTEMPING TO LAND IN HIGH WINDS.

## Other reports on N434TC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19960927030309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960927030309A), Sep 27, 1996: Colt 240A (N434TC), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. Hard landing lifted. Hit wall. Pilot fell out. Balloon drifted and finaly landed. No wx brief. Failed deflate.

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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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