# NTSB investigations: Thunder & Colt Airborne Amer COLT 180A

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB DEN05CA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05CA009.md): Thunder and Colt 180A · Albuquerque, NM · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 9, 2004 · N784TC · No damage
  > the balloon pilot's improper in-flight planning and failure to maintain aircraft control during descent into high winds resulting in a hard landing and subsequent serious injury to a passenger. Factors contributing to the accident were the high winds and…
- [NTSB FTW96FA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96FA156.md): Thunder and Colt 180A · Hartsel, CO · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 25, 1996 · N767TC · Destroyed
  > The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain on which to make a landing. The rocky terrain was a related factor.
- [NTSB LAX95LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX95LA172.md): Thunder and Colt Colt 180A · Tucson, AZ · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 27, 1995 · N738TC · No damage
  > the inability of the pilot to compensate for the wind conditions which resulted in the basket tipping over following touchdown during a high-wind landing.
- [NTSB LAX95LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX95LA036.md): Thunder and Colt TC-180 · Peoria, AZ · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 15, 1994 · N738TC · Substantial damage
  > the flight's encounter with unforecasted high winds which resulted in a hard landing.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2301219'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2301219

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