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N8386K

Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164B

Valid Maryland

N8386K is a Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Buntings Dusting INC, a corporation in Berlin, Maryland. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 17, 2008 and expires on October 31, 2028. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer
Model
G-164B · all G-164Bs and related versions
Serial number
678B
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
80 mph
Transponder code
AB7946 (octal 52674506)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 17, 2008
Expires
October 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 16, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00723181

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Buntings Dusting INC
Type
Corporation
Address
9758 Carey Rd
Berlin, MD 21811-2116

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

1970-11-17Stinson 108 · Valid registration

Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N8386K, 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 Buntings Dusting INC, a corporation, certificate issued November 17, 2008, expires October 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate

No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 678B for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N8386K was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Stinson 108 (serial 108-1386, cancelled November 17, 1970). 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

3 NTSB records under N8386K: Accident on September 8, 2019 at Berlin, MD: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 3, 2005 at Paul, ID: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 15, 1991 at Clewiston, FL: 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 3

ERA19LA267Accident on September 8, 2019 at Berlin, MD: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman G164 · operated under 137

The malfunction of the No. 9 pushrod, which resulted in a total loss of engine power.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA19LA267 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

SEA05CA157Accident on August 3, 2005 at Paul, ID: no injuries, substantial damage.

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

The failure of the pilot to maintain direction control during the landing roll, which resulted in a nose over. Contributing factors included the weeds and the wet, soft terrain..

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA05CA157 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

MIA91LA122Accident on April 15, 1991 at Clewiston, FL: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 6788

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

DISINTEGRATION OF THE IMPELLER FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS RESULTING IN THE TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER NECESSITATING THE FORCED LANDING.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MIA91LA122 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

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 October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data