Grumman G-164A
N897X is a Grumman G-164A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1966. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Cw Equipment Rentals INC, a corporation in Biggs, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 16, 2014 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated April 24, 1968.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Grumman
- 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 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
- 419
- 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
- 1966
- Cruising speed
- 98 mph
- Transponder code
- AC6162 (octal 53060542)
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 16, 2014
- 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 · April 24, 1968
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00031581
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Cw Equipment Rentals 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
- 3184 Hawkins Ln
Biggs, CA 95917-9752
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N897X links to the rest of the register
- Grumman G-164 119 registered
- Grumman 443 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
- Cw Equipment Rentals INC 11 aircraft in the fleet
- Biggs, CA 52 aircraft registered in this town
- California 28,286 aircraft registered
- Approved modifications for the Grumman G-164 1 supplemental type certificates
- Failure reports on the Pratt & Whitney R1340 series 58 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N897X, 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 Cw Equipment Rentals INC, a corporation, certificate issued May 16, 2014, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated April 24, 1968, consistent with the 1966 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 419 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N897X 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 N897X: Accident on July 11, 2000 at Gridley, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman G-164A · operated under 137
A partial loss of engine power due to the failure of an exhaust valve during an aerial application flight.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 13, 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 13, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data