{"airworthiness_class":"Restricted","airworthiness_date":"1983-05-06","airworthiness_ops":"Agriculture and pest control","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2008-05-30","city":"SHELDON","country_code":"US","county_code":"075","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"52016","engine_horsepower":600,"engine_maker":"P&W","engine_model":"R1340 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-05-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-01-22","maker":"Schweizer Aircraft Corp","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"SCHWEIZER AIRCRAFT CORP","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"8059055","mode_s_code":"52710643","mode_s_hex":"AB91A3","model":"G-164B","n_number":"N8444K","name":"ZUMWALT ADAM","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Sturgis","damage":"SUBS","date":"2002-08-07","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CHI02LA238","probable_cause":"The failure of the turbine section of the engine, and the unsuitable terrain encountered for the forced landing.  The low altitude was a factor.","registration":"N8444K","state":"MI","summary":"Accident on August 7, 2002 at Sturgis, MI: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"CONSTANTINE","damage":"SUBS","date":"1985-08-29","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CHI85LA360","probable_cause":"","registration":"N8444K","state":"MI","summary":"Accident on August 29, 1985 at Constantine, MI: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N8444K is a Schweizer Aircraft Corp G-164B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1983. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Sheldon, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 30, 2008 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated May 6, 1983.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Zumwalt Adam, an individual, certificate issued May 30, 2008, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated May 6, 1983, consistent with the 1983 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 716 B for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N8444K was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Stinson 108-1 (serial 108-1444, cancelled August 5, 1949). 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":"2 NTSB records under N8444K: Accident on August 7, 2002 at Sturgis, MI: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 29, 1985 at Constantine, MI: 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":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":1,"serial_number":"716 B","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"IL","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1909 N 3000 EAST RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00223272","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N8444K","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1983,"zip":"609667303"}