N28SQ is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Thunder & Colt COLT GA42 built in 1989. The FAA cancelled the registration on April 11, 2013. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation".
Thunder & Colt COLT GA42 cancelled April 11, 2013
- Serial number
- 1140
- Type
- Balloon · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1989
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- October 13, 1993
- Last FAA action
- October 21, 2008
- Last owner
- Sky Quest INC (Corporation)
San Jose, CA - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
NTSB accident and incident record under N28SQ
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Thunder And Colt GA42 · serial 1140
the pilot's decision to operate the blimp with a known and unresolved deficiency in the electrical system, which led to a loss of the flight controls and the pilot's improper remedial actions after the blimp came to rest on the ground.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site