Single-engine piston

N8178G

1988 Schweizer Aircraft G164B-34T

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1988
Serial
796B
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Pratt & Whitney R1340 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Cw Equipment Rentals Inc (Corporation)
Based
Biggs, CA
Registration record

N8178G on the FAA register

Type
1988 Schweizer Aircraft G164B-34T
Serial
796B
Engines
Pratt & Whitney R1340 series
Registered owner
Cw Equipment Rentals Inc
Biggs, CA
Certificate issued
2014-05-16
Airworthiness date
1995-04-05
Registration expires
2027-05-31
Airworthiness class
Restricted
Mode S (hex)
AB26D4
Mode S (octal)
52623324
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-05-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2014-05-16
    Certificate of registration issued as N8178G to the current registrant.
  • 1995-04-05
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (restricted category).
  • 1992-06-12
    N8178G previously assigned to a Cessna 340A (s/n 340A0697); cancelled.
  • 1988
    Manufactured (1988).
Overview

About N8178G

N8178G is a 1988 Schweizer Aircraft G164B-34T, serial number 796B. The FAA register lists Cw Equipment Rentals Inc as the registrant in Biggs, California. The current certificate of registration was issued on May 16, 2014 and expires on May 31, 2027.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Pratt & Whitney R1340 series engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is restricted category, dated April 5, 1995.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N8178G. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1980-01-10 Accident · Rosenberg,Tx, 43 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 0086
Reported aircraft: Cessna 340 — a different aircraft that carried the N8178G registration before this airframe.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.