{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2005-10-19","city":"DAVID CITY","country_code":"US","county_code":"023","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2028-10-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-06-16","maker":"Schweizer Aircraft Corp","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"SCHWEIZER AIRCRAFT CORP","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"8059055","mode_s_code":"50642443","mode_s_hex":"A34523","model":"G-164B","n_number":"N31GW","name":"HERSHEY FLYING SERVICE INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"SCOTIA","damage":"SUBS","date":"1992-04-30","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CHI92DCJ03","probable_cause":"THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRCRAFT CONTROL WHICH RESULTED IN A NOSE OVER DURING THE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. RELATED FACTORS ARE THE POWER LINES (OBSTRUCTIONS) AND INADEQUATE ALTITUDE.","registration":"N31GW","state":"NE","summary":"Accident on April 30, 1992 at Scotia, NE: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N31GW is a Schweizer Aircraft Corp G-164B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Hershey Flying Service INC, a corporation in David City, Nebraska. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 19, 2005 and expires on October 31, 2028. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Hershey Flying Service INC, a corporation, certificate issued October 19, 2005, expires October 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 507B for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N31GW according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"1 NTSB record under N31GW: Accident on April 30, 1992 at Scotia, NE: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Central","region_code":"3","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":1,"serial_number":"507B","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"NE","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 148","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00079448","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N31GW","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"686320148"}