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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 5, 2026Schweizer Aircraft Corp G-164B
N8444K is a Schweizer Aircraft Corp G-164B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1983. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Sheldon, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 30, 2008 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated May 6, 1983.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Schweizer Aircraft Corp
- Model
- G-164B · all G-164Bs and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and fabricThe 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
- 716 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
- 1983
- Transponder code
- AB91A3 (octal 52710643)
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 30, 2008
- 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 · May 6, 1983
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00223272
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Zumwalt Adam
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 1909 N 3000 East Rd
Sheldon, IL 60966-7303
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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
Connections how N8444K links to the rest of the register
- Schweizer Aircraft Corp G-164 64 registered
- Schweizer Aircraft Corp 64 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and fabric · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Pratt & Whitney R1340 series 1,229 aircraft with this engine series · 600 hp
- Type certificate 1A16 · held by Allied AG Cat Productions
- Sheldon, IL 10 aircraft registered in this town
- Illinois 8,066 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Schweizer Aircraft Corp G-164 20 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Schweizer Aircraft Corp G-164 2 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Schweizer Aircraft Corp G-164 49 supplemental type certificates
- Failure reports on the Pratt & Whitney R1340 series 58 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N8444K, 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 Zumwalt Adam, an individual, certificate issued May 30, 2008, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated May 6, 1983, consistent with the 1983 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 716 B for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N8444K was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Stinson 108-1 (serial 108-1444, cancelled August 5, 1949). 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 N8444K: Accident on August 7, 2002 at Sturgis, MI: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 29, 1985 at Constantine, MI: 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: Schweizer G-164B · operated under 137
The failure of the turbine section of the engine, and the unsuitable terrain encountered for the forced landing. The low altitude was a factor.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schweizer G164A "450" · operated under 137
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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