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N3HU

Grumman HU 16A

Valid Illinois

N3HU is a Grumman HU 16A, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1953. It has 8 seats. It is registered to an individual in Burr Ridge, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 26, 2017 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated August 28, 2018.

Aircraft

Maker
Grumman
Model
HU 16A
Serial number
131906
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 2 motors · Wright R-1820 SER · 1475 hp
Seats
8
Year built
1953
Cruising speed
187 mph
Transponder code
A31B62 (octal 50615542)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 26, 2017
Expires
July 31, 2027
Last FAA action
June 4, 2025
Airworthiness
Restricted · Agriculture and pest control · August 28, 2018
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00544361

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Tuthill James G
Type
Individual
Address
8500 S Madison St
Burr Ridge, IL 60527-6284

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

1991-10-30Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER · exported to Guatemala · Valid registration

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data