Grumman G164C
N996QC is a Grumman G164C, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Hds INC, a corporation in Beech Grove, Arkansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 19, 2025 and expires on August 31, 2032. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated January 29, 1998.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Grumman
- Model
- G164C · all G164Cs 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
- 19C
- 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
- TurbopropFAA type of engine code 2 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · P&W PT6A SER · 750 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- ADEA4E (octal 53365116)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- August 19, 2025
- Expires
- August 31, 2032
- Last FAA action
- August 19, 2025
- 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 · January 29, 1998
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00706951
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hds 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
- 1407 Gr 205 Rd
Beech Grove, AR 72412
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N996QC links to the rest of the register
- Grumman G-164 119 registered
- Grumman 442 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 PT6A series 2,217 aircraft with this engine series · 750 hp
- Hds INC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · valid to March 4, 2027
- Beech Grove, AR 2 aircraft registered in this town
- Arkansas 3,493 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Pratt & Whitney PT6A series 2 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Pratt & Whitney PT6A series 8,208 reports since 1995
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N996QC.json.
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The public federal record on N996QC, 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 Hds INC, a corporation, certificate issued August 19, 2025, expires August 31, 2032. 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 19C for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N996QC 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]
2 NTSB records under N996QC: Accident on May 23, 2012 at Sedgwick, AR: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Accident on July 21, 2008 at Esmond, ND: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman G-164C · operated under 137
The inability of both pilots to see and avoid the other airplane, which resulted in a midair collision. Contributing to the accident was the distraction of the Air Tractor pilot by a cellular telephone conversation during the flight.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman G-164D · operated under 137
The pilot's delay in advancing the throttle during the takeoff which resulted in inadequate airspeed and the subsequent stall/mush. Factors associated with the accident were the leaking hopper, the pilot continuing to operate the airplane with the known deficiency, and the pilot's delay in dumping the chemical load.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data