Cape Aerial Tours DBA
Flight school in Chatham, Massachusetts, where the main public airport is Chatham Municipal (CQX). The FAA register lists 3 aircraft under this name, mostly Cessna 172D.
Website: chathamairport.com (found by search; tell us if it is wrong)
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How many aircraft does Cape Aerial Tours DBA have?
3 aircraft are registered to it with the FAA as of October 22, 2026; aircraft it leases from their owners are not counted.
What does Cape Aerial Tours DBA fly?
Mostly the Cessna 172D, along with the Cessna 172G and the Cessna 172M.
How old are Cape Aerial Tours DBA's aircraft?
Built between 1963 and 1974; half were built in 1965 or earlier, so the typical one is about 61 years old.
Has Cape Aerial Tours DBA had any accidents?
In the last 10 years the NTSB recorded 1 accident involving the aircraft registered to it today, none of them fatal. The full record
Where is Cape Aerial Tours DBA?
In Chatham, Massachusetts; the main public airport there is Chatham Municipal (CQX).
Are there FAA examiners near Cape Aerial Tours DBA?
6 pilot examiners and 4 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles of its airport. See them by name
About Cape Aerial Tours DBA from its own website, read October 21, 2026
Stick'n Rudder operates a flight school, sightseeing tour service, and aircraft maintenance facility at Chatham Municipal Airport (CQX) in Massachusetts. The flight school offers private pilot, instrument, and commercial pilot training with qualified instructors, and also provides aircraft rental and sightseeing flights over Cape Cod.
- Calls itself
- Stick'n Rudder
- What it is
- Flight school
- Bases
- Chatham, MA CQX
- Aircraft it names
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk, Waco YMF5 Biplane
- Services
- flight training, aircraft rental, sightseeing tours, aircraft maintenance, annual inspections, engine repair, avionics installation, pre-buy inspections
- Hours
- 7 days a week, year round; maintenance Mon-Fri 9am to 6pm, Sat 9am to noon (summer only)
- Address
- 240 George Ryder Road, Chatham, MA, 02633
- Telephone
- 508-945-2363
- [email protected]
Written by the site from the pages of chathamairport.com on October 21, 2026; the company's own words and pictures stay on its site. Out of date or wrong? Tell us.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
6 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 6 for private pilot, 5 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 6 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 4 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 3 aircrew program designees, 3 training center examiners.
- Yoshitaka Murata private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Centerville, MA (16 nm) · (407) 885-0658 · [email protected]
- Michael George Goulian private pilot; airplanes · Plymouth,, MA (31 nm) · (617) 510-9328 · [email protected]
- Alexander Crosett private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Plymouth, MA (36 nm) · (978) 807-7553 · [email protected]
- Derek Gerard Sunnerberg private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Plymouth, MA (36 nm) · (508) 209-4715 · [email protected]
- Sean Anthony Brodeur private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals; airplanes · Mike Goulian Aviation · Plymouth, MA (36 nm) · (413) 330-0058 · [email protected]
- Stephen Oakman private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes · Middleborough, MA (41 nm) · (617) 755-4863 · [email protected]
All 20 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
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Its aircraft and their safety record from the FAA register and the NTSB
3 aircraft are registered to Cape Aerial Tours DBA today, mostly Cessna 172D. Built between 1963 and 1974; half of them in 1965 or earlier, so the typical one is about 61 years old.
All 3 aircraft, each with its own page
In the last 10 years the NTSB recorded 1 accident involving these aircraft.
| Date | Aircraft | What | Where | Outcome | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 16, 2024 | N2710U Cessna 172D | Accident | Eastham, MA | No injuries; substantial damage | ERA24LA269 |
Only the aircraft registered to Cape Aerial Tours DBA today are counted, wherever they were flying and whoever was flying them, including any accident before the school owned them; aircraft a school leases from their owners are registered to those owners and are not. A school that flies more hours will show more; nobody publishes those hours, so this is a record, not a score. Compare with the other training organisations in Massachusetts.
Connections how this company links to the rest of the register
- Chatham, MA · where it registers its aircraft
- Chatham Municipal · CQX
- Massachusetts 2,650 aircraft registered
- 3 aircraft on the register · Cessna 172D
This entry comes from the FAA aircraft register (October 22, 2026). The FAA publishes no downloadable list of flight schools (its online finder covers only certificated Part 141 schools), so a company is listed here when its name says what it does; this one's name does not, but it owns a fleet of training aircraft and its own website says it gives flying lessons. Is this your company? Claim or correct this listing: the base, the website, what you do, your own pictures. Add the "Listed on eFlight" badge to your website.