# Incident 20111106026589I: Thunder & Colt Airborne Amer AX10-180S1, Chandler, AZ, November 6, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 2011, 07:30 local time
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3062° N, 111.8413° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chandler, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3062&lon=-111.8413&mi=10
- Aircraft: N709TC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N709TC-2018-06-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Thunder & Colt Airborne Amer AX10-180S1 (registry code 2301224, https://openairdocs.org/model/thunder-colt-airborne-amer-ax10-180s1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: THUNDER & COLT AIRBORNE AMER AX10-180S1
- Reported engine: NONE NONE
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111106026589I

## Narrative

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

ON 11/06/2011, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOTED A BALLOON WITH 8 PASSENGERS ONBOARD.  AT LEAST 3 LANDING ATTEMPTS WERE MADE IN VARIABLE WIND CONDITIONS.  THESE LANDING ATTEMPTS WERE INITIATED APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR INTO THE FLIGHT, AND CONTINUED FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES.  A FINAL DECISION WAS MADE BY THE PILOT TO LAND IN A RESIDENTIAL STREET.  AT THIS POINT, THE BALLOON BURNER LOST PRESSURE, AND THE PILOT REALIZED HE HAD DEPLETED THE FUEL.  ON DESCENT TO LANDING, THE BALLOON "BOUNCED" AGAINST A TREE AND INSTEAD LANDED IN A RESIDENTIAL BACKYARD.  THE PILOT ASKED ONE PASSENGER TO DISEMBARK, AND HE WAS ABLE TO USE THE LITTLE REMAINING FUEL TO LIFT THE BALLOON BACK OVER THE WALL.

## Other reports on N709TC (1)

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

- [Accident 20170220001719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170220001719A), Feb 20, 2017: Thunder & Colt Airborne Amer AX10-180S1 (N709TC), Albuquerque, NM, Substantial damage. On February 20, 2017, at 0845 MST, a Thunder and colt balloon, N709TC, registration pending to arthur moller, was conducting a balloon ride by air carriage,…

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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