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N36265

Schweizer Aircraft Corp G-164B

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesCalifornia

N36265 is a Schweizer Aircraft Corp G-164B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1983. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Sutter Butte Dusters INC, a corporation in Live Oak, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 20, 2022 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated December 19, 1983.

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Aircraft

Maker
Schweizer Aircraft Corp
Model
G-164B · all G-164Bs and related versions
Built of
steel tube and fabric
The 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 Schweizer Aircraft Corp 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
725 B
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 R1340 SERIES · 600 hp
Seats
1
Year built
1983
Transponder code
A41702 (octal 51013402)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
August 20, 2022
Expires
August 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 25, 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 · December 19, 1983
FAA region
Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00233143

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Sutter Butte Dusters INC
Type
CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
PO Box 213
Live Oak, CA 95953-0213

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N36265 links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
  • Live Oak, CA 12 aircraft registered in this town
  • California 27,686 aircraft registered

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Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N36265, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Sutter Butte Dusters INC, a corporation, certificate issued August 20, 2022, expires August 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated December 19, 1983, consistent with the 1983 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 725 B for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N36265 according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

2 NTSB records under N36265: Accident on March 11, 1997 at Winters, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on February 23, 1994 at Clarksburg, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 2

LAX97LA121Accident on March 11, 1997 at Winters, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman G-164B · operated under 137

the failure of the engine cylinder head assembly due to operational fatigue.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

LAX94LA133Accident on February 23, 1994 at Clarksburg, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 725B

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schweizer G-164B · operated under 137

THE TOTAL FAILURE OF THE NO. 1 CYLINDER DUE TO FATIGUE RESULTING FROM AN IMPROPERLY ADJUSTED MIXTURE CAUSING DETONATION. THE SOFT, WET PLOWED FIELD WAS A FACTOR IN THIS ACCIDENT.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data