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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 10, 2026Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164A
N9853 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 Oregon Trail Air Service LLC, an LLC in Nyssa, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 19, 2023 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for other, dated April 25, 1990.
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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
- 1291
- 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 · Airesearch TPE331 SERIES · 600 hp
- Fuel
- Jet A
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1974
- Cruising speed
- 81 mph
- Transponder code
- ADC078 (octal 53340170)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- February 19, 2023
- Expires
- February 28, 2030
- Last FAA action
- December 23, 2024
- 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 · OtherFAA certificate purpose code 0 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · April 25, 1990
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00933720
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Oregon Trail Air Service LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 943 Grand Ave
Nyssa, OR 97913-5313
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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 N9853 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
- AiResearch (Honeywell) TPE331 series 491 aircraft with this engine series · 904 hp
- Oregon Trail Air Service LLC 2 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Nyssa, OR 32 aircraft registered in this town
- Oregon 7,004 aircraft registered
- Approved modifications for the Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164 1 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N9853, 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 Oregon Trail Air Service LLC, an LLC, certificate issued February 19, 2023, expires February 28, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 25, 1990, 16 years after the 1974 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1291 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N9853 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna AW (serial 188, cancelled November 1, 1939). 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 N9853: Accident on May 26, 2024 at Rome, OR: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 3, 1996 at Belgrade, MT: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164A · operated under 137
The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman-Schweizer G-164A · operated under 137
loss of engine power for undetermined reason(s). A factor relating to the accident was: a ditch in the field where the forced landing was executed.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 10, 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 10, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data