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N8214S

Schweizer Aircraft Corp G-164B

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesCalifornia

N8214S is a Schweizer Aircraft Corp G-164B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1986. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Cw Equipment Rentals INC, a corporation in Biggs, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 16, 2014 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated September 20, 1989.

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Aircraft

Maker
Schweizer Aircraft Corp
Model
G-164B · all 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 Schweizer Aircraft Corp 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
787B
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
1986
Transponder code
AB3787 (octal 52633607)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
May 16, 2014
Expires
May 31, 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 · September 20, 1989
FAA region
Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00414292

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Cw Equipment Rentals 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
3184 Hawkins Ln
Biggs, CA 95917-9752

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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 2

1967-11-13Cessna 150F · Valid registration
—Piper PA-34-200T · N-number assigned but not yet registered

Connections how N8214S links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
  • Biggs, CA 52 aircraft registered in this town
  • California 27,761 aircraft registered

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The public federal record on N8214S, 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 Cw Equipment Rentals INC, a corporation, certificate issued May 16, 2014, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated September 20, 1989, 3 years after the 1986 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 787B for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N8214S was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Cessna 150F (serial 15061814, cancelled November 13, 1967); Piper PA-34-200T (serial 348070218, cancelled date not given). 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

2 NTSB records under N8214S: Accident on May 9, 2013 at Biggs, CA: fatal, minor damage. Accident on May 12, 1994 at Yuba City, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. 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

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 2

WPR13LA223Accident on May 9, 2013 at Biggs, CA: fatal, minor damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schweizer Aircraft CORP G-164B · operated under 091

The pilot’s failure to adequately monitor the runway environment during taxi, which resulted in an on-ground collision.

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SEA94LA117Accident on May 12, 1994 at Yuba City, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 7878

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schweizer G-164B · operated under 137

AN INADVERTENT STALL/MUSH AFTER TAKEOFF. THE OVER-WEIGHT LOADING OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS A FACTOR.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 5, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data