Grumman G-21A
N327 is a Grumman G-21A, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1958. It has 8 seats. It is registered to an individual in Pittsford, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 2, 2005 and expires on June 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated June 24, 1960.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Grumman
- Model
- G-21A · all G-21As and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Grumman G-21 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
- 1051
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engineFAA type of aircraft code 5 (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, 2 motors · P&W R-985 SERIES · 450 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 8
- Year built
- 1958
- Cruising speed
- 150 mph
- Transponder code
- A38850 (octal 50704120)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 2, 2005
- Expires
- June 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · June 24, 1960
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00091963
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Damico Samuel P
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 20 Thornell Rd
Pittsford, NY 14534-3526
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
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 N327 links to the rest of the register
- Grumman G-21 35 registered
- Grumman 443 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Pratt & Whitney R-985 series 1,593 aircraft with this engine series · 450 hp
- Pittsford, NY 25 aircraft registered in this town
- New York 6,659 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Grumman G-21 10 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Grumman G-21 40 supplemental type certificates
- Failure reports on the Pratt & Whitney R-985 series 80 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Pump, inoperative · 2025-09-08
- Report filed on this aircraft: Acm, odor · 2007-05-26
- Report filed on this aircraft: Torque Tube, failed · 1998-08-08
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The public federal record on N327, 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 Damico Samuel P, an individual, certificate issued May 2, 2005, expires June 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate, dated June 24, 1960, consistent with the 1958 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1051 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N327 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Lincoln Aircraft Co STANDARD 5 (serial 111, cancelled March 20, 1930). 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 N327: Accident on February 15, 2005 at Penn Yan, NY: minor injuries, destroyed. Accident on July 22, 1994 at Bremerton, WA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman G-21A · operated under 091
The flight instructor's inadequate planning/decision and his remedial action to conduct or recover from a simulated emergency procedure.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman G-21A · operated under 091
THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING LANDING.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 12, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data