Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164A
N8974H is a Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1974. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Fostoria, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 18, 2024 and expires on January 31, 2031. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated December 11, 1975.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer
- Model
- G-164A · all G-164As and related versions
- Serial number
- 1347
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · P&W R1340 SERIES · 600 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1974
- Cruising speed
- 81 mph
- Transponder code
- AC6241 (octal 53061101)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 18, 2024
- Expires
- January 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- January 18, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Agriculture and pest control · December 11, 1975
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00621551
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Reed Andrew DBA
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 6915 Oliver Rd
Fostoria, MI 48435-9403 - Co-owners
- Reeds Aerial Application
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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 N8974H, 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 Reed Andrew DBA, an individual, certificate issued January 18, 2024, expires January 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated December 11, 1975, consistent with the 1974 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1347 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N8974H was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: North American NAVION (serial NAV-4-974, cancelled October 5, 1955). 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]
4 NTSB records under N8974H: Accident on June 24, 1989 at Colfax, WA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 21, 1988 at Colfax, WA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 23, 1984 at Murdo, SD: 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 4
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman-Schweizer G-164A · operated under 137
IMPROPER INSTALLATION OF THE CYLINDER ASSEMBLY. THE TERRAIN WAS NOT SUITABLE FOR A SUCCESSFUL FORCED LANDING.
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Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schweizer G164A · operated under 137
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Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman G-164A · operated under 137
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Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman G-164A · operated under 137
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- 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