Grumman G-164A
N5327 is a Grumman G-164A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1969. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Farm Air INC, a corporation in Astoria, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 24, 2026 and expires on June 30, 2033. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated April 1, 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
- 595
- 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
- 1969
- Cruising speed
- 98 mph
- Transponder code
- A6BB28 (octal 51535450)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- June 24, 2026
- Expires
- June 30, 2033
- Last FAA action
- June 24, 2026
- 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 · April 1, 1969
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00672775
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Farm Air 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
- 11220 e Bricker Hwy
Astoria, IL 61501-8882
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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 N5327 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
- Farm Air INC 11 aircraft in the fleet
- Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · valid to May 11, 2027
- Astoria, IL 12 aircraft registered in this town
- Illinois 8,050 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 N5327, 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 Farm Air INC, a corporation, certificate issued June 24, 2026, expires June 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated April 1, 1969, consistent with the 1969 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 595 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N5327 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Waco GXE (serial 1412, cancelled December 1, 1936). 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]
1 NTSB record under N5327: Accident on March 10, 2005 at Gilbert, LA: 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 failure to maintain control of the airplane during landing. A contributing factor was a deflated right main tire.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data