Purdue Aviation LLC
Flight school in West Lafayette, Indiana. The FAA register lists 19 aircraft under this name, mostly Cessna 172N.
Website: purdueaviationllc.com (found by search; tell us if it is wrong)
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How many aircraft does Purdue Aviation LLC have?
19 aircraft are registered to it with the FAA as of October 21, 2026; aircraft it leases from their owners are not counted.
What does Purdue Aviation LLC fly?
Mostly the Cessna 172N, along with the Piper PA-28-161 and the Textron Aviation Inc 172S.
How old are Purdue Aviation LLC's aircraft?
Built between 1976 and 2018; half were built in 2000 or earlier, so the typical one is about 26 years old.
Has Purdue Aviation LLC had any accidents?
In the last 10 years the NTSB recorded 3 accidents involving the aircraft registered to it today, 1 of them fatal. The full record
Where is Purdue Aviation LLC?
In West Lafayette, Indiana.
About Purdue Aviation LLC from its own website, read October 21, 2026
Purdue Aviation LLC is an FBO and flight school located at Purdue University Airport in West Lafayette, Indiana. It provides flight instruction for pilot certification under FAA Parts 141 and 61, aircraft rental, maintenance, fueling, and hangar services. It also operates Blatti Aviation, a charter service with Hawker 900XP aircraft.
- Calls itself
- Purdue Aviation
- What it is
- Flight school
- Bases
- West Lafayette, IN KLAF
- Aircraft it names
- Cessna 172, Piper Warrior, Hawker 900XP
- Services
- flight training, aircraft rental, maintenance, fueling, hangar, charter, catering, ground transportation
- Certificates and audits it mentions
- Part 141, Part 61, BQOA432T
- Address
- West Lafayette, IN
- Telephone
- 765-743-9692
Written by the site from the pages of www.purdueaviationllc.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 Out of date or wrong?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 here designated by the FAA
3 pilot examiners give this school as a place they work from, on the FAA's list:
- Brian Glenn Dillman private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Purdue Aviation · West Lafayette, IN · (765) 409-4501 · [email protected] pilot examiner
- James Paulsen private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Purdue Aviation, LLC · West Lafayette, IN · (703) 498-7930 · [email protected] pilot examiner
- Larry Wayne Gross private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Purdue Aviation · West Lafayette, IN · (765) 476-6603 · [email protected] pilot examiner
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.
Its aircraft and their safety record from the FAA register and the NTSB
19 aircraft are registered to Purdue Aviation LLC today, mostly Cessna 172N. Built between 1976 and 2018; half of them in 2000 or earlier, so the typical one is about 26 years old. 2 are twin-engine aeroplanes.
All 19 aircraft, each with its own page
| Tail number | Aircraft | Built | NTSB records, last 10 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| N94286 | Cessna 152 | 1982 | |
| N5331D | Cessna 172N | 1979 | |
| N5724J | Cessna 172N | 1980 | |
| N6665G | Cessna 172N | 1979 | |
| N734PK | Cessna 172N | 1977 | |
| N73719 | Cessna 172N | 1976 | |
| N51204 | Cessna 172P | 1 | |
| N63366 | Cessna 172P | 1981 | |
| N35063 | Cessna 172S | 2001 | |
| N901MJ | Hawker Beechcraft Corp HAWKER 900XP | 2009 | |
| N6605F | Piper PA-28-151 | 1976 | |
| N273ND | Piper PA-28-161 | 2000 | |
| N2884L | Piper PA-28-161 | 1979 | |
| N560PU | Piper PA-28-161 | 2000 | |
| N564PU | Piper PA-28-161 | 2002 | 1 |
| N767PA | Piper PA-44-180 | 2002 | 1 |
| N653PA | Textron Aviation Inc 172S | 2018 | |
| N654PA | Textron Aviation Inc 172S | 2018 | |
| N665CS | Textron Aviation Inc 172S | 2016 |
In the last 10 years the NTSB recorded 3 accidents involving these aircraft, 1 of them fatal.
| Date | Aircraft | What | Where | Outcome | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 28, 2026 | N51204 Cessna 172P | Accident | Lafayette, IN | No injuries; substantial damage | CEN26LA106 |
| April 12, 2024 | N564PU Piper PA-28-161 | Accident | Montmorenci, IN | Fatal (1 person killed); aircraft destroyed | CEN24LA157 |
| August 26, 2023 | N767PA Piper PA-44-180 | Accident | West Lafayette, IN | No injuries; substantial damage | CEN23LA384 |
Only the aircraft registered to Purdue Aviation LLC 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 Indiana.
Other flight schools nearby within about 15 miles
- Trustees of Purdue University 27 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme, West Lafayette
- Purdue University Trustees 3 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme, West Lafayette
- Lafayette Aero Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club, West Lafayette
- Attica Flyers INC 1 aircraft · flight school, Lafayette, 2 miles away
Compare every school in Indiana: fleets, aircraft ages and safety records side by side. Each school is placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre when it has none.
Connections how this company links to the rest of the register
- West Lafayette, IN · where it registers its aircraft
- Indiana 5,697 aircraft registered
- Purdue Aviation LLC 19 aircraft in the fleet
- 19 aircraft on the register · Cessna 172N
This entry comes from the FAA aircraft register (October 21, 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.