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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 27, 2026Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164A
N7396 is a Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1972. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Sky Tractor LLC, an LLC in Hillsboro, North Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 30, 2014 and expires on June 30, 2027. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated June 15, 1972.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer
- 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 Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer 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
- 943
- 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
- 1972
- Cruising speed
- 81 mph
- Transponder code
- A9EFA4 (octal 52367644)
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 30, 2014
- Expires
- June 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 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 · June 15, 1972
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00162407
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sky Tractor LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 16285 5Th St NE
Hillsboro, ND 58045-9216
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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 N7396 links to the rest of the register
- Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164 325 registered
- Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer 325 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 R1340 series 1,229 aircraft with this engine series · 600 hp
- Sky Tractor LLC 5 aircraft in the fleet
- Hillsboro, ND 23 aircraft registered in this town
- Hillsboro Municipal · 3H4
- North Dakota 2,489 aircraft registered
- Failure reports on the Pratt & Whitney R1340 series 58 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N7396, 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 Sky Tractor LLC, an LLC, certificate issued June 30, 2014, expires June 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated June 15, 1972, consistent with the 1972 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 943 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N7396 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Lincoln Page 1928 (serial 244, cancelled October 5, 1938). 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 N7396: Accident on August 6, 1983 at Jennings, 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
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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 27, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data