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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 5, 2026Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164A
N8957H is a Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164A, 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 May 24, 2023 and expires on May 31, 2030. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated December 5, 1975.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer
- Model
- G-164A · all G-164As 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 Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer 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
- 1592
- 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 R-985 SERIES · 450 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 81 mph
- Transponder code
- AC5B3C (octal 53055474)
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 24, 2023
- Expires
- May 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- May 24, 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 · December 5, 1975
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00701601
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Buntings Dusting 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
- 9758 Carey Rd
Berlin, MD 21811-2116
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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 N8957H links to the rest of the register
- Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164 325 registered
- Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer 325 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 R-985 series 1,593 aircraft with this engine series · 450 hp
- Buntings Dusting INC 8 aircraft in the fleet
- Berlin, MD 33 aircraft registered in this town
- Maryland 2,351 aircraft registered
- Approved modifications for the Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164 1 supplemental type certificates
- Failure reports on the Pratt & Whitney R-985 series 80 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N8957H, 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 Buntings Dusting INC, a corporation, certificate issued May 24, 2023, expires May 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1592 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N8957H was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Ryan NAVION (serial NAV-4-957, cancelled December 29, 1953). 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]
1 NTSB record under N8957H: Accident on October 7, 2024 at Parsonsburg, MD: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164A · operated under 137
A total loss of engine power for reasons that were not determined.
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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 5, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data