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.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Grumman
- Model
- G-164A · all G-164As and related versions
- Serial number
- 805
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · P&W R-985 SERIES · 450 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1971
- Cruising speed
- 98 mph
- Transponder code
- AAA643 (octal 52523103)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- July 20, 1989
- Expires
- April 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 5, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · August 24, 1971
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00302088
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Tri State Aero INC
- Type
- Corporation
- 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.
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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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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman G164 · operated under 137
The vehicle drivers inadequate lookout.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for NYC00LA009 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman G164A · operated under 137
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ATL84LA145 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data