# N8971H: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 1
- Last cancelled: June 27, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8971H
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8971H

## Aircraft that carried N8971H

- [Cancelled 2013-06-27](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8971H-2013-06-27): Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A, S/N 1600, built 1975. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Sellers Travis](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SELLERS%20TRAVIS), [Alvin, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Alvin)

## NTSB investigations on N8971H (2)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI94LA292](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA292), Aug 23, 1994: Grumman G-164A (N8971H), Clifton, IL, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilots failure to keep visual contact with and to avoid unmarked powerlines adjacent to the crop field he was spraying.
- [NTSB FTW81FRA25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FRA25), Apr 27, 1981: Grumman G-164A (N8971H), Rosharon, TX, destroyed

## FAA accident and incident reports on N8971H (2)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 19940822022709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940822022709A), Aug 22, 1994: Scwzer G164A (N8971H), Clifton, IL, Destroyed. Contacted know power line during a procedure spray turn. Crashed and burned.
- [Accident 19810427020179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810427020179A), Apr 27, 1981: Grumav G164A (N8971H), Rosharon, TX, Destroyed. Brake failed during taxi to load after landing. Ground-looped to avoid truck. Struck a ditch.

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