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N717TC

Thunder & Colt Ltd COLT 180A

Valid Arizona

N717TC is a Thunder & Colt Ltd COLT 180A, a balloon with no engine, built in 1993. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Southern Arizona Balloon Exc INC, a corporation in Tucson, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 30, 2012 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated September 13, 1993.

Aircraft

Maker
Thunder & Colt Ltd
Model
COLT 180A
Serial number
2443
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1993
Transponder code
A997BA (octal 52313672)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 30, 2012
Expires
April 30, 2028
Last FAA action
March 9, 2026
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · September 13, 1993
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00884562

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Southern Arizona Balloon Exc INC
Type
Corporation
Address
534 W Sahuaro St
Tucson, AZ 85705-5444

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data