N738TC is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Thunder & Colt Airborne Amer COLT 180A built in 1992. The FAA cancelled the registration on May 5, 2015. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Thunder & Colt Airborne Amer COLT 180A cancelled May 5, 2015
- Serial number
- 2292
- Type
- Balloon · None
- Year built
- 1992
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- December 10, 1992
- Last FAA action
- January 18, 2002
- Last owner
- Fendler Joseph (Individual)
Cave Creek, AZ - Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon
Cessna 172N cancelled March 25, 1988
- Serial number
- 17270216
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
- Certificate issued
- —
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Withheld
- Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N738TC
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Thunder And Colt COLT 180A · serial 2292
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.
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Thunder And Colt TC-180 · serial 2292
the flight's encounter with unforecasted high winds which resulted in a hard landing.
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