Grumman G-164A
N7856 is a Grumman G-164A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1971. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Tri State Aero INC, a corporation in Martinsburg, West Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 20, 1989 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 24, 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
- 805
- 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
- 1971
- Cruising speed
- 98 mph
- Transponder code
- AAA643 (octal 52523103)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- July 20, 1989
- Expires
- April 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 5, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · August 24, 1971
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00302088
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Tri State Aero 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
- 1346 Swan Pond Rd
Martinsburg, WV 25404-0225
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N7856 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
- Tri State Aero INC 3 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Martinsburg, WV 25 aircraft registered in this town
- Eastern WV Rgnl/Shepherd Field · MRB
- West Virginia 885 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 N7856, 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 Tri State Aero INC, a corporation, certificate issued July 20, 1989, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated August 24, 1971, consistent with the 1971 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 805 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N7856 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]
2 NTSB records under N7856: Accident on October 9, 1999 at Burkittsville, MD: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 19, 1984 at Huger, SC: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman G164 · operated under 137
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Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman G164A · operated under 137
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