# Accident 19941115040309A: Colt COLT180A, Peoria, AZ, November 15, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 1994, 08:05 local time
- Place: Peoria, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5806° N, 112.2374° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Peoria, AZ, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5806&lon=-112.2374&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738TC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N738TC-2015-05-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Thunder & Colt Airborne Amer COLT 180A (registry code 2301219, https://openairdocs.org/model/thunder-colt-airborne-amer-colt-180a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COLT COLT180A
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,106 total, 126 in this make and model, 64 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX95LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX95LA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941115040309A

## Narrative

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

BOUNCED AND DRAGGED ON HIGH WIND LANDING. WIND NOT FORECAST AND WAS REPORTED CALM AT AIRPORT 25 MILES NORTH.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 LAX95LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX95LA036), Nov 15, 1994: Thunder and Colt TC-180 (N738TC), Peoria, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the flight's encounter with unforecasted high winds which resulted in a hard landing.

## Other reports on N738TC (1)

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

- [Accident 19950427030899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950427030899A), Apr 27, 1995: Amtrco COLT105 (N738TC), Tucson, AZ. High wind landing. Basket tipped over seriously injuring a passenger.

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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