# Colt Balloons 160A - Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry) - Registry code: 2300160 - Manufacturer (registry): COLT BALLOONS LTD - Model: 160A - Aircraft type: Balloon - Category: Balloon - Engines: None - Seats: 9 - Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb - Certification: Type certificated - Data sheet: [TCDS B00010CH](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/B00010CH) (OpenAirDocs) - Holder: Lindstrand Balloons USA Inc. - Registered aircraft: 1 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/colt-balloons-160a Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker. ## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs) Matched to this model by model name and maker. Each AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment. - [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 ## Registered aircraft (1) - [N976TC](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N976TC): [Young Derald E](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/YOUNG%20DERALD%20E), [Dixfield, ME](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/ME/Dixfield), S/N 1482US ## 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 ERA14LA347](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA347), Jul 20, 2014: Colt Balloons 160A (N976TC), Clinton, MA, minor damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight and inflight planning and improper landing site selection and approach path, which resulted in the balloon contacting powerlines during landing. Contributing to the… ## FAA accident and incident reports (3) 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. - [Incident 20190818014079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190818014079I), Aug 18, 2019: Colt Balloons Ltd 160A (N976TC), Lewiston, ME, Minor damage. On 08/23/2019 during the great falls balloon festival at Lewiston auburn the balloon departed the launch site flying northeast at approximately 2000 feet. A… - [Accident 20140719014539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140719014539A), Jul 19, 2014: Colt Balloons Ltd 160A (N976TC), Clinton, MA, Minor damage. On July 19, 2014 at approximately 2000 hours, [privacy data omitted] was operating his balloon with six passengers on board for a sight seeing flight,… - [Incident 19881001060679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881001060679I), Oct 1, 1988: Colt 160A (N153BA), Albuquerque, NM. Made a hard landing in a field. Gross weight a factor due to ten people in the basket. ## Service difficulty reports (1) As reported by operators and repair stations, by the model named in the report. - [SDR AU010111](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AU010111), Feb 11, 2001: HOSE. FAULTY. (AUS) OUTER SKIN OF THE LPG HOSE RUPTURED. ## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs) (5) Approved for this model: the STC's model list names it on its data sheet, or a series that includes it. In force first, then newest. The registry doesn't record which STCs an aircraft has. - [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 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 SB03312CH](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SB03312CH): Replace the Lindstrand Balloons USA Basket with the Lindstrand Balloons Ltd Basket, Part Number BA-244-A-001 with wheelchair side-door accessibility, S/N BA1253. Love Is In The Air Ballooning, LLC - [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 ## The same model under other registry codes Amateur-built copies and renamed makers get their own codes. - [Arbc Inc DBA Lindstrand 160A](https://openairdocs.org/model/arbc-inc-dba-lindstrand-160a): 7 registered aircraft, registry code 5190025 - [Thunder & Colt Balloons 160A](https://openairdocs.org/model/thunder-colt-balloons-160a): 2 registered aircraft, registry code 2301200 --- 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.