{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2014-05-07","city":"BLOOMINGTON","country_code":"US","county_code":"121","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2027-05-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"balloons","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-01-22","maker":"Thunder & Colt Airborne Amer","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"THUNDER & COLT AIRBORNE AMER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2301232","mode_s_code":"52664342","mode_s_hex":"AB68E2","model":"210A","n_number":"N834TC","name":"BMG AVIATION INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"AKRON","damage":"","date":"1997-08-31","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"NYC97LA176","probable_cause":"failure of a passenger to hang onto the ropes, as directed; which allowed another passenger to be struck as the basket tipped over, broking her arm.  A related factor was the wind, which was strong enough to tip the basket, while the envelope was deflating.","registration":"N834TC","state":"PA","summary":"Accident on August 31, 1997 at Akron, PA: serious injuries.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":0,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N834TC is a Thunder & Colt Airborne Amer 210A, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Bmg Aviation INC, a corporation in Bloomington, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 7, 2014 and expires on May 31, 2027. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Bmg Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued May 7, 2014, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2475USA for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N834TC according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"1 NTSB record under N834TC: Accident on August 31, 1997 at Akron, PA: serious injuries. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":1,"serial_number":"2475USA","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"IN","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"952 S KIRBY RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Balloon","type_aircraft_code":"2","type_engine":"None","type_engine_code":"0","unique_id":"00425412","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N834TC","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"474039392"}