N48687 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164B built in 1976. The FAA cancelled the registration on November 3, 2016 when the aircraft was exported to Venezuela. The last status on file was "valid registration". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164B cancelled November 3, 2016
- Serial number
- 157B
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1976
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- Venezuela
- Certificate issued
- September 21, 2016
- Last FAA action
- September 21, 2016
- Last owner
- R & V Aviation Services INC (Corporation)
Miami, FL - Airworthiness
- Restricted · Agriculture and pest control
Interstate L-6 cancelled November 19, 1948
- Serial number
- 81
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 20, 1945
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Julian Orville Womack (Individual)
Alameda, CA - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N48687
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G 164B · serial 157B
The total loss of engine power during a low-level aerial application flight due to fuel exhaustion following the pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection that led to his assumption that sufficient fuel was on board for the flight based on his reliance on a fuel gauge that indicated the incorrect fuel level.
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman G-164B · serial 157B
THE CRACKED CYLINDER WHICH RESULTED IN A FORCED LANDING. THE LACK OF SUITABLE TERRAIN ON WHICH TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS A FACTOR.
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schweizer G164 · serial 157B
INADVERTENT CLOSING OF THE MIXTURE BY THE PILOT. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT ARE INADEQUATE CONTROL SHAPE, OR SIZE, AND INATTENTIVENESS OF THE PILOT.
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman G-164B · serial 167B
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site