# Thunder & Colt America C90A - Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry) - Registry code: 2310001 - Manufacturer (registry): THUNDER & COLT AMERICA - Model: C90A - Aircraft type: Balloon - Category: Balloon - Engines: None - Seats: 1 - Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb - Certification: Type certificated - Registered aircraft: 0 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/thunder-colt-america-c90a 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. None matched. ## Registered aircraft None registered with this model now. ## NTSB investigations None matched to aircraft with this model. ## FAA accident and incident reports None matched to aircraft with this model. ## Service difficulty reports (461, newest 50) As reported by operators and repair stations, by the model named in the report. - [SDR G1IA20260702112](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA20260702112), Jul 2, 2026: FCU. FAULTED. DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, LEFT ENGINE STARTED TO SURGE THEN LOST PARTIAL POWER. DECLARED EMERGENCY WITH ATC AND PROCEEDED DIRECT TO KPHX UTILIZING ASYMMETRIC THRUST - [SDR G1IA20260625111](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA20260625111), Jun 25, 2026: DOWNLOCK SWITCH. FALSE INDICATION. RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR FALSE INDICATION, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. - [SDR G1IA2026051207110](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA2026051207110), May 7, 2026: LANDING GEAR. NO INDICATION. ON APPROACH TO KGUP, PILOT SELECTED THE MLG HANDLE TO THE DOWN POSITION, THE LT MLG INDICATOR LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. PILOT PERFORMED A GO-AROUND & CLIMBED TO - [SDR 454A2601195121700](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/454A2601195121700), Jan 15, 2026: FLAP TRACK. CRACKED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPENED UP FOR PHASE INSPECTION ON 1/15/2026. UPON INSPECTION, THE RIGHT WING AND LEFT WING INBOARD FLAP, OUTBOARD FLAP TRACKS WERE CRACKED AND - [SDR G1IA20260109101](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA20260109101), Jan 9, 2026: LANDING GEAR. FAILED. ON APPROACH TO LAND IN FNL, PUT GEAR HANDLE IN DOWN POSITION. HEARD AND FELT THE GEAR MOVE. INDICATOR LIGHTS SHOWED NOSE AND LT MAIN GEAR DOWN, BUT NOT RT MAIN. - [SDR G1IA20250830095](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA20250830095), Aug 30, 2025: MOTOR. FAILED. AC AIR SEEMED TO BE PUTTING OUT AMBIENT OAT. 10 MINUTES LATER THE VENT DUCT AIR STOPPED BLOWING AIR. I NOTICED CB HAD POPPED (TEMP CB). I PUSHED BACK IN AND POP - [SDR 2025F00184](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2025F00184), Aug 15, 2025: SWITCH. STUCK. DURING TAKEOFF FROM BLUE GRASS AIRPORT (KLEX), THE PILOT REPORTED THAT UPON RETRACTING THE LANDING GEAR, THE LANDING GEAR LEVER RED UNSAFE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AC - [SDR GRTA20250822001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/GRTA20250822001), Aug 12, 2025: FITTING. DAMAGED. DURING WING BOLT INSPECTION, FOUND RH OUTBD LOWER WING BOLT OUTBD FITTING HAS WASHER IMPRESSION. REPAIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXTRON FIELD REPAIR FR-LJ-1397-156 - [SDR G1IA20200710094](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA20200710094), Jul 10, 2025: MOTOR. SHORTED. AIR CONDITIONER QUIT BLOWING IN ROUTE TO HNL LOAD METER NOT SHOWING LOAD. - [SDR 2025FA0000518](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2025FA0000518), Jul 1, 2025: ACTUATOR. FAILED. THE FLAP DRIVE ACTUATOR FAILED DURING THE RIGGING PROCESS. - [SDR G1IA20250625093](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA20250625093), Jun 25, 2025: MOTOR. FAULTED. DURING OUR CLIMB, PILOT NOTED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONING HAD NOT ACTIVATED AT ALL. - [SDR G1IA2025060592](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA2025060592), Jun 5, 2025: FRAME. CRACKED. CRACKS FOUND IN FUSELAGE FRAME LT SIDE AT FS 177.0 DURING FUSELAGE PRESSURE VESSEL INSPECTION. - [SDR 2025FA0000314](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2025FA0000314), Apr 24, 2025: CLAMP. MISLOCATED. MAIN LANDING GEAR DOWN LOCK SWITCH WIRE HARNESS CLAMP THAT ATTACHES TO DOWN LOCK HOOK WAS INSTALLED ON OUTSIDE OF HOOK/DOWN LOCK OVER CENTER ASSEMBLY. THIS CLAM - [SDR 2025FA0000263](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2025FA0000263), Apr 12, 2025: FLAP TRACK. CRACKED. LH OB FLAP TRACK CRACKED - [SDR G1IA20250410089](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA20250410089), Apr 10, 2025: FLAP TRACK. CRACKED. ON PREFLIGHT, THE PILOT NOTICED THE RH OUTBOARD FLAP SEEMED LOSE. WE HAD A MECHANIC INSPECT THE OUT OF SERVICE EVENT AND FOUND THE OUTBOARD FLAP TRACK CRACKED. - [SDR G1IA202504140089](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA202504140089), Apr 10, 2025: FLAP TRACK. CRACKED. ON PREFLIGHT THE PILOT NOTICED THE RH OUTBOARD FLAP SEEMED LOOSE. WE HAD A MECHANIC INSPECT THE OUT OF SERVICE EVENT AND FOUND THE OUTBOARD FLAP TRACK CRACKED - [SDR G1IA20250218086](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA20250218086), Feb 18, 2025: MOTOR. SPARKS. AIR CONDITIONER STARTED SPARKING RIGHT BEFORE LANDING. - [SDR G1IA02172025085](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA02172025085), Feb 17, 2025: DOWNLOCK SWITCH. FAULTED. ON APPROACH THE RH MLG DID NOT LOCK DOWN AND SHOW A GREEN LIGHT WHEN EXTENDED. THE GEAR WAS CYCLED BUT THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN INDICATIONS. MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION - [SDR G1IA20250211084](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA20250211084), Feb 11, 2025: HUB. CRACKED. RIGHT LANDING GEAR HUB CRACKED AT BRAKE-CALIPER MOUNTING BOLT HOLE. - [SDR G1IA20250125081](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA20250125081), Jan 25, 2025: MOTOR. SHORTED. AIR CONDITIONER WILL NOT TURN ON. REPLACED A/C COMPRESSOR DRIVE MOTOR WITH O/H MOTOR OP CHECK GOOD - [SDR G1IA20250124080](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA20250124080), Jan 24, 2025: MOTOR. SHORTED. AIR CONDITIONER INOP - [SDR G1IA20250106079](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA20250106079), Jan 6, 2025: MOTOR. INOPERATIVE. ENROUTE FROM KOA TO HNL THE AIR CONDITIONING FAILED. - [SDR G1IA20241212078](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA20241212078), Dec 12, 2024: MOTOR. INOPERATIVE. DISCREPANCY: LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND ON APPROACH. CORRECTIVE ACTION: POWER WAS REACHING THE MOTOR WITH NO ACTUATION OF THE SYSTEM. REPLACED MOTOR W/ OVERH - [SDR G1IA20241211077](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA20241211077), Dec 11, 2024: MOTOR. SHORTED. ON INITIAL CLIMB OUT SPARKS WERE OBSERVED ALONG THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. IT WAS NOT OBSERVED TO BE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE CABIN MODE CONTROLLER WAS S - [SDR G1IA20241203076](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA20241203076), Dec 3, 2024: DOUBLER. CRACKED. TWO CRACKS FOUND AT APPROXIMATELY STATION 196.25 ON FWD DOUBLER AND DOUBLER ASSOCIATED WITH EMERGENCY EXIT DOOR FRAME FORWARD BULKHEAD LOWER CORNER. DAMAGE APPE - [SDR G1IA20241116075](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA20241116075), Nov 16, 2024: HEATER. OVERTEMP. WE HAD JUST LEVELED OFF AT 14,000' FOR CRUISE WHEN THE MED CREW REPORTED SMOKE AND THE SMELL OF SOMETHING BURNING IN THE CABIN. I LOOKED AND THERE WASN'T MUCH S - [SDR G1IA20241110074](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA20241110074), Nov 10, 2024: MOTOR. FAILED. DISCREPANCY: DURING DESCENT, NOTICED SPARKS FLYING BY PILOT WINDOW FROM WHAT APPEARED TO BE THE LEFT SIDE OF NOSE. CORRECTIVE ACTION: REMOVED DEFECTIVE MOTOR AN - [SDR G1IA20241021073](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA20241021073), Oct 21, 2024: MOTOR. INOPERATIVE. AIR CONDITIONING NOT BLOWING COLD AIR IN AUTO OR MANUAL MODE. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS: REPLACED MOTOR WITH OVERHAULED. NOTE: AMT STATED THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE REMOV - [SDR G1IA20241015072](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA20241015072), Oct 15, 2024: DPU. INTERMITTENT. DISCREPANCY: SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF DPU FAIL INDICATION DISPLAYED ON BOTH EFIS SCREENS, THEN A FEW SECONDS LATER BOTH SCREENS WENT COMPLETELY BLANK EXCEPT FOR D - [SDR G1IA2024092018071](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA2024092018071), Sep 18, 2024: MOTOR. FAILED. A/C INOP IN BOTH AUTO AND MAN COOL. SMELL OF BURNING RUBBER AFT OF WING ROOT ON PILOT'S SIDE. NO SMELL FROM EITHER LANDING GEAR OR NOSE COMPARTMENT. - [SDR G1IA2024092000018](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA2024092000018), Sep 18, 2024: MOTOR. FAILED. A/C INOP IN BOTH AUTO AND MAN COOL. SMELL OF BURNING RUBBER AFT OF WING ROOT ON PILOT'S SIDE. NO SMELL FROM EITHER LANDING GEAR OR NOSE COMPARTMENT. - [SDR G1IA2024092000015](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA2024092000015), Sep 15, 2024: MOTOR. DEFECTIVE. AIR CONDITIONER MOTOR FAILED. - [SDR G1IA2024091005068](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA2024091005068), Sep 5, 2024: MOTOR. DEFECTIVE. AIR CONDITIONER DRIVE MOTOR PUTTING OFF SMOKE AFTER LANDING AND FOUND TO BE UNSERVICEABLE. - [SDR G1IA20240903069](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA20240903069), Sep 3, 2024: MOTOR. DEFECTIVE. AIR CONDITIONER DRIVE MOTOR FAILED AND FOUND TO BE UNSERVICEABLE. - [SDR G1IA20240903067](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA20240903067), Sep 3, 2024: MOTOR. SHORTED. DURING CLIMB OUT OF HILO, I NOTICED THE CABIN FELT WARMER THAN USUAL. I CONFIRMED THE ENVIRONMENTAL SWITCHES WERE IN THE APPROPRIATE POSITION, THEN CHECKED THE - [SDR G1IA20240824065](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA20240824065), Aug 24, 2024: DIODE. FAILED. DURING APPROACH, A DUAL GEN FAILURE OCCURRED, WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS TO RESTORE POWER FOLLOWING ESTABLISHED PROCEDURE THROUGH ELECTRONIC CHECKLIST PROVIDED ON EF - [SDR G1IA20240725064](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA20240725064), Jul 25, 2024: MOTOR. WORN. NOTICED SPARKS MOVING BY LEFT SIDE WINDOW AFTER TAKEOFF. LEFT THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED. MADE AN IMMEDIATE RTB TO RNW 29 AND LANDED SAFELY. PARKED AIRCRAFT ON R - [SDR 9LMR202405140001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9LMR202405140001), May 10, 2024: RELAY. INOPERATIVE. LDG TRANSITION LIGHT REMAINED ON, FOLLOWINGS RETRACTION: LDG THEN FAILED TO LOCK DOWN UPON SUBSEQUENT EXTENSION, SUCECESSFULLY DEPLOYED GEAR MANUALLY AS PER CHE - [SDR G1IA20240415163](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA20240415163), Apr 11, 2024: STATIC INVERTER. FAILED. IN CRUISE THE #2 INVERTER FAILED IN DAY VMC DIRECT KGUP. AS PER THE QRH SELECTED THE OTHER INVERTER. - [SDR G1IA202403084059](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA202403084059), Mar 4, 2024: WINDSHIELD. LEAKING. SERVICE DIFFICULTY: SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE THE CREW AND PILOT SMELLED AN ELECTRONIC BURNING SMELL. ONCE ON THE GROUND DRIPS OF WATER WERE COMING OUT OF THE OVE - [SDR GRTA20231113001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/GRTA20231113001), Nov 10, 2023: UNKNOWN. UNKNOWN. AT 12,000 FT, CLIMBING, WE HEAR A WHISTLE COMING FROM EMERG. EXIT. WHEN WE CLIMBED TO 14,000 FT OUR CABIN ALT WAS 11,000 AND DELTA P WAS AT RECLINE. WE STOPPED - [SDR G1IA20231030051](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA20231030051), Oct 30, 2023: VERTICAL GYRO. FAULTED. DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, AIRCRAFT PITCHED NOSE DOWN AND BEGAN A ROLL TO THE RIGHT. LOOKING AT THE PILOT'S ATTITUDE INDICATOR, IT HAD ROLLED INVERTED THEN WENT BLAN - [SDR G1IA20230912050](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA20230912050), Sep 12, 2023: ACTUATOR. FAILED. DURING LANDING AT SLC, WHILE DOING A PATIENT TRANSPORT FROM LND. AT THE FAF LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR AND THE LEFT MAIN GEAR LIGHT REMAINED DARK AND THE GEAR EXT - [SDR 2023FA0000415](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2023FA0000415), Aug 14, 2023: UNKNOWN. UNKNOWN. RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND FULLY AND LOCK DOWN. PILOT HAD THE APPROPRIATE INDICATIONS WITHIN COCKPIT, GREEN LIGHTS ILLUMINATED FOR NOSE AND LEFT M - [SDR G1IA20230626049](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA20230626049), Jun 26, 2023: UNKNOWN. UNKNOWN. DURING THE DEPARTURE SMELLED BURNING WIRES AND OBSERVED LIGHT SMOKE OUT OF THE VENTS. FOUND AND CLEANED SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF NON-AIRCRAFT FLUID THROUGHOUT THE - [SDR G1IA20230429045](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA20230429045), Apr 29, 2023: DPU. FAILED. BOTH EFIS SCREENS FAILED IN FLIGHT AND DISPLAYED "DPU FAIL". - [SDR G1IA20230401039](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA20230401039), Apr 1, 2023: DPU. ABNORMAL. UPON START UP THE EFIS, BOTH THE EHSI, AND EADI WERE ZOOMED IN. THE INFORMATION AND ORIENTATION WERE CORRECT AND THERE WERE NO RED X’S OR ANY INDICATION THAT TH - [SDR G1IA20230318042](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA20230318042), Mar 18, 2023: DPU. ABNORMAL. UPON STARTING ENGINES BOTH EFIS SCREENS EXHIBITED GHOSTING AND ARTIFACTS. AFTER A FEW SECONDS THE NUMBERS OF THE COMPASS CARD DISAPPEARED AND RED BOXES APPEARED - [SDR G1IA20230315041](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA20230315041), Mar 15, 2023: DPU. ABNORMAL. DUAL EFIS FAILURE IN-FLIGHT. BOTH DISPLAYS WENT DARK AND FLASHED DPU FAIL. REMOVED DPU-84 P/N 622-9682-004 S/N D3CP, INSTALLED SERVICEABLE DPU-84 P/N 622-9682-0 - [SDR G1IA20230314040](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/G1IA20230314040), Mar 14, 2023: DPU. ABNORMAL. EADI AND EHSI DISPLAYS INDICATED ONLY RANDOM DOTS ON THE DISPLAYS. AFTER A WHILE, THE NORMAL DISPLAY RESUMED. THEN, BOTH DISPLAYS BECAME EXTREMELY DISTORTED AND All 461: https://openairdocs.org/model/thunder-colt-america-c90a/reports.md ## The same model under other registry codes Amateur-built copies and renamed makers get their own codes. - [Raytheon C90A](https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-c90a): 155 registered aircraft, registry code 7150004 - [Beech C90A](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c90a): 124 registered aircraft, registry code 1152911 - [Beech C90A](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c90a): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 115291A --- 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.