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N8080K

Gulfstream-Schweizer A/C Corp GULFSTREAM AM G-164B

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesNebraska

N8080K is a Gulfstream-Schweizer A/C Corp GULFSTREAM AM G-164B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1979. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Hershey Flying Service INC, a corporation in David City, Nebraska. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 22, 2017 and expires on June 30, 2027. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated March 9, 1979.

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Aircraft

Maker
Gulfstream-Schweizer A/C Corp
Model
GULFSTREAM AM G-164B · all GULFSTREAM AM G-164Bs and related versions
Built of
steel tube and fabric
The 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 Gulfstream-Schweizer A/C Corp GULFSTREAM AM G-164B 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
554 B
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
1979
Transponder code
AB01F7 (octal 52600767)

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 22, 2017
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 · March 9, 1979
FAA region
CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00820442

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Hershey Flying Service 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
PO Box 148
David City, NE 68632-0148

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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

1955-10-04Piper J3C-65 · Valid registration

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The public federal record on N8080K, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Hershey Flying Service INC, a corporation, certificate issued June 22, 2017, expires June 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated March 9, 1979, consistent with the 1979 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 554 B for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N8080K was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper J3C-65 (serial 12267, cancelled October 4, 1955). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N8080K: Accident on May 7, 2009 at Iowa, LA: no injuries, destroyed. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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NTSB records 1

CEN09CA283Accident on May 7, 2009 at Iowa, LA: no injuries, destroyed.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Gulfstream-Schweizer A/C CORP GULFSTREAM · operated under 137

A partial loss of engine power due to the Number 8 cylinder head cracking and separating from the barrel.

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CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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 10, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data