Grumman G-164A
N7855 is a Grumman G-164A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to S&D Aviation LLC, an LLC in Pamplico, South Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 16, 2025 and expires on March 31, 2032. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated March 22, 1971.
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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
- 803
- 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
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 98 mph
- Transponder code
- AAA620 (octal 52523040)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- March 16, 2025
- Expires
- March 31, 2032
- Last FAA action
- March 16, 2025
- 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 · March 22, 1971
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00604970
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- S&D Aviation 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
- PO Box 363
Pamplico, SC 29583-0363
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N7855 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 R1340 series 1,229 aircraft with this engine series · 600 hp
- S&D Aviation LLC 2 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Pamplico, SC 5 aircraft registered in this town
- South Carolina 3,114 aircraft registered
- Failure reports on the Pratt & Whitney R1340 series 58 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N7855, 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 S&D Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued March 16, 2025, expires March 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 803 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N7855 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 N7855: Accident on May 20, 2003 at North Platte, NE: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman G-164A · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control and the collapse of the main landing gear. A factor to the accident was the quartering tailwind.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 12, 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 12, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data