{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2020-06-02","city":"DAVID CITY","country_code":"US","county_code":"023","cruise_speed_mph":80,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2027-06-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-01-22","maker":"Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"GRUMMAN ACFT ENG COR-SCHWEIZER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"3952802","mode_s_code":"52242064","mode_s_hex":"A94434","model":"G-164B","n_number":"N6966K","name":"HERSHEY FLYING SERVICE INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"WELLFLEET","damage":"DEST","date":"1996-08-09","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CHI96LA287","probable_cause":"failure of the pilot to maintain aircraft control, while maneuvering at low latitude.  The hilly (rolling) terrain and unfavorable wind were related factors.","registration":"N6966K","state":"NE","summary":"Accident on August 9, 1996 at Wellfleet, NE: no injuries, destroyed.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N6966K is a Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer 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 June 2, 2020 and expires on June 30, 2027. 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 June 2, 2020, expires June 30, 2027. 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 530B for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N6966K was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-20 (serial 20-70, cancelled November 2, 1951). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"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 N6966K: Accident on August 9, 1996 at Wellfleet, NE: no injuries, destroyed. 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":"530B","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":"00070437","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N6966K","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"686320148"}