{"airworthiness_class":"Restricted","airworthiness_date":"1967-08-28","airworthiness_ops":"Agriculture and pest control","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"1982-04-30","city":"PARK RIVER","country_code":"US","county_code":"099","cruise_speed_mph":98,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"52008","engine_horsepower":450,"engine_maker":"P&W","engine_model":"R-985 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2030-01-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-09-30","maker":"Grumman","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"GRUMMAN","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"3952704","mode_s_code":"53230244","mode_s_hex":"AD30A4","model":"G-164A","n_number":"N949X","name":"VALLEY SPRAYERS INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"PARK RIVER","damage":"SUBS","date":"1995-07-27","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CHI95LA250","probable_cause":"the loss of power due to the primary lead in the left magneto being grounded against the case, and the improper clearance of the breaker point gaps.  A factor was the lack of suitable terrain on which to perform the forced landing.","registration":"N949X","state":"ND","summary":"Accident on July 27, 1995 at Park River, ND: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N949X is a Grumman G-164A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1967. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Valley Sprayers INC, a corporation in Park River, North Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 30, 1982 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated August 28, 1967.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Valley Sprayers INC, a corporation, certificate issued April 30, 1982, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated August 28, 1967, consistent with the 1967 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 463 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N949X 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 N949X: Accident on July 27, 1995 at Park River, ND: 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":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":1,"serial_number":"463","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"ND","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 611","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00914680","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N949X","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1967,"zip":"582700611"}