Schweizer 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.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Schweizer Aircraft Corp
- Model
- G-164B · all G-164Bs and related versions
- Serial number
- 716 B
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · P&W R1340 SERIES · 600 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1983
- Transponder code
- AB91A3 (octal 52710643)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 30, 2008
- Expires
- May 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Agriculture and pest control · May 6, 1983
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00223272
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Zumwalt Adam
- Type
- Individual
- 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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
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]
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: 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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI02LA238 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schweizer G164A "450" · operated under 137
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI85LA360 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