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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 10, 2026Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164A
N127FC is a Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Burghduff Aviation LLC, an LLC in Ludlow, South Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 18, 2021 and expires on December 31, 2028. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated May 2, 2006.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer
- Model
- G-164A · all G-164As and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and fabricThe fuselage is a welded steel-tube frame covered in fabric, with metal or wooden wing spars under fabric-covered wings; the fabric is replaced every few decades. The Ag Cat biplane: steel tube, aluminium wings, fabric. This is how the Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 1393
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · P & W R-985-AN-1 · 450 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 81 mph
- Transponder code
- A06E33 (octal 50067063)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- December 18, 2021
- Expires
- December 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- July 1, 2023
- Airworthiness
- RestrictedFAA airworthiness class code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Agriculture and pest controlFAA certificate purpose code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 2, 2006
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00052791
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Burghduff Aviation LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 13199 Welch Fire Pl
Ludlow, SD 57755-5033
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N127FC links to the rest of the register
- Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164 325 registered
- Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer 325 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and fabric · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-1 31 aircraft with this engine series · 450 hp
- Burghduff Aviation LLC 3 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Ludlow, SD 6 aircraft registered in this town
- South Dakota 2,277 aircraft registered
- Approved modifications for the Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164 1 supplemental type certificates
- Failure reports on the Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-1 30 reports since 1995
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N127FC.json.
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The public federal record on N127FC, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Burghduff Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued December 18, 2021, expires December 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1393 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N127FC was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bell UH-1H (serial 66-01147, cancelled November 16, 2000). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
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. [3]
2 NTSB records under N127FC: Accident on August 10, 2011 at Mansfield, SD: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 4, 2000 at Fort Myers, FL: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164A · operated under 137
The loss of engine power due to debris in the engine air intake system.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell UH-1H · operated under 091
the pilot's failure to maintain control of the helicopter for undetermined reasons. Factors in this accident were self-induced pressure and fatigue due to lack of sleep and rest.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 10, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data