Grumman G-164A
N6553 is a Grumman G-164A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1970. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Tall Towers Aviation INC, a corporation in Page, North Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 7, 2008 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated January 13, 1970.
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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
- 696
- 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
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1970
- Cruising speed
- 98 mph
- Transponder code
- A8A20E (octal 52121016)
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 7, 2008
- Expires
- August 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 3, 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 13, 1970
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00542696
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Tall Towers Aviation 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
- 14269 17Th St SE
Page, ND 58064-9780
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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 N6553 links to the rest of the register
- Grumman G-164 119 registered
- Grumman 443 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
- Tall Towers Aviation INC 5 aircraft in the fleet
- Page, ND 18 aircraft registered in this town
- Page Regional · 64G
- North Dakota 2,493 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 N6553, 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 Tall Towers Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued August 7, 2008, expires August 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated January 13, 1970, consistent with the 1970 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 696 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N6553 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Mono-Aircraft Inc MONOCOUPE (serial 80, cancelled August 1, 1929). 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 N6553: Accident on July 19, 1988 at Knobel, AR: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman G-164A · operated under 091
PROPER TOUCHDOWN POINT NOT ATTAINED, AND AIRCRAFT CONTROL NOT MAINTAINED BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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, November 13, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data