Grumman G-164A
N5286 is a Grumman G-164A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1968. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Slikker Flying Service INC, a corporation in Buttonwillow, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 19, 2010 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated January 16, 1969.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Grumman
- 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 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
- 562
- 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 SERIES · 450 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1968
- Cruising speed
- 98 mph
- Transponder code
- A6A9D0 (octal 51524720)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- November 19, 2010
- Expires
- November 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 15, 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 · January 16, 1969
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00342595
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Slikker Flying Service 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 597
Buttonwillow, CA 93206-0597
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N5286 links to the rest of the register
- Grumman G-164 119 registered
- Grumman 442 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 series 1,593 aircraft with this engine series · 450 hp
- Slikker Flying Service INC 14 aircraft in the fleet
- Buttonwillow, CA 17 aircraft registered in this town
- Elk Hills-Buttonwillow Airport · L62
- California 27,658 aircraft registered
- Approved modifications for the Grumman G-164 1 supplemental type certificates
- Failure reports on the Pratt & Whitney R-985 series 80 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N5286, 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 Slikker Flying Service INC, a corporation, certificate issued November 19, 2010, expires November 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated January 16, 1969, consistent with the 1968 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 562 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N5286 according to the deregistered file. [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]
1 NTSB record under N5286: Accident on June 14, 2011 at Buttonwillow, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman G-164A · operated under 137
The pilot's misjudgment of the landing approach and subsequent long landing and overrun of the runway resulting in a collision with ground obstacles. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's likely fatigue and dehydration.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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, October 27, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data