Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164B
N8400K is a Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1982. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Vincent Flying Service INC, a corporation in Kaplan, Louisiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 23, 2017 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated July 10, 1991.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer
- Model
- G-164B · all G-164Bs and related versions
- Serial number
- 685B
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Airesearch TPE331 SERIES · 600 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1982
- Cruising speed
- 80 mph
- Transponder code
- AB823B (octal 52701073)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 23, 2017
- Expires
- February 28, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 7, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Agriculture and pest control · July 10, 1991
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00363191
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Vincent Flying Service INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 19006 Kristin Rd
Kaplan, LA 70548-6267
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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
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N8400K, 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 Vincent Flying Service INC, a corporation, certificate issued February 23, 2017, expires February 28, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 10, 1991, 9 years after the 1982 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]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 685B for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N8400K was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Universal Stinson 108-1 (serial 1081400, cancelled May 21, 1968). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N8400K: Accident on May 4, 2016 at Iowa, LA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 3, 1985 at Thief River Fl, MN: no injuries, destroyed. Details below. [4]
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.
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 Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G 164B · operated under 137
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing with an inoperative right brake.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN16LA173 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman-Schweizer G-164B · operated under 137
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI85LA265 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
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