Grumman G-164A
N896X is a Grumman G-164A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1967. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Major Ken'S Flying Service LLC, an LLC in Colfax, North Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 29, 2017 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated June 1, 1967.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Grumman
- Model
- G-164A · all G-164As and related versions
- Serial number
- 451
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · P&W R-985 SERIES · 450 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1967
- Cruising speed
- 98 mph
- Transponder code
- AC5DAB (octal 53056653)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 29, 2017
- Expires
- November 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- April 1, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Agriculture and pest control · June 1, 1967
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00591621
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Major Ken'S Flying Service LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 6375 County Road 81
Colfax, ND 58018-9611
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N896X, 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 Major Ken'S Flying Service LLC, an LLC, certificate issued November 29, 2017, expires November 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated June 1, 1967, consistent with the 1967 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 451 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N896X according to the deregistered file. [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 N896X: Accident on April 29, 2011 at Albion, NY: 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman G-164A · operated under 137
A bearing failure in the engine’s supercharger section, which resulted in a total loss of engine power during flight. Contributing to the accident was the soft soil of the forced landing site.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA11LA290 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data