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Rainier Flight Service LLC

Flight school in Renton, Washington, where the main public airport is Renton Municipal (RNT). The FAA register lists 34 aircraft under this name, mostly Cessna Aircraft Co 162.

Website: rainierflightservice.com (found by search; tell us if it is wrong)

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How many aircraft does Rainier Flight Service LLC have?

34 aircraft are registered to it with the FAA as of October 21, 2026; aircraft it leases from their owners are not counted.

What does Rainier Flight Service LLC fly?

Mostly the Cessna 162, along with the Cessna 172S and the Textron Aviation Inc 172S.

How old are Rainier Flight Service LLC's aircraft?

Built between 1978 and 2025; half were built in 2011 or earlier, so the typical one is about 15 years old.

Has Rainier Flight Service LLC had any accidents?

In the last 10 years the NTSB recorded 5 accidents involving the aircraft registered to it today, none of them fatal. The full record

Where is Rainier Flight Service LLC?

In Renton, Washington; the main public airport there is Renton Municipal (RNT).

Are there FAA examiners near Rainier Flight Service LLC?

17 pilot examiners and 36 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles of its airport. See them by name

About Rainier Flight Service LLC from its own website, read October 21, 2026

Rainier Flight Service is a flight school offering pilot training at multiple locations in the Seattle area (Seattle, Everett, Auburn, and Gig Harbor, Washington). It provides ground school and flight lessons following a structured curriculum, with courses ranging from private pilot to commercial and instrument ratings, and also offers airline pilot interview preparation.

Calls itself
Rainier Flight Service
What it is
Flight school
Bases
Seattle, WA; Everett, WA; Auburn, WA; Gig Harbor, WA
Aircraft it names
Cessna 162, Cessna 172
Services
flight training, ground school, pilot interview preparation, stage checks, aircraft rental
Certificates and audits it mentions
Part 61, Part 141
Address
Renton, WA

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Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles

1 pilot examiner gives this school as a place to work from, on the FAA's list:

  • Thomas Scott Crichton Jones private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Rainier Flight Service · Gig Harbor, WA · (253) 720-0050 · [email protected] pilot examiner

17 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 14 for private pilot, 13 for commercial and instrument, 6 for airline transport pilot, 8 for flight instructor, 6 for sport pilot; 12 for airplanes, 5 for multi-engine airplanes, 3 for seaplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 36 aviation medical examiners, 5 mechanic examiners, 4 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 6 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 39 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 8 training center evaluators, 52 aircrew program designees, 3 training center examiners, 1 administrative pilot examiner.

All 175 nearby, by kind, with contact details

What each kind does
  • DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
  • SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
  • 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.
  • DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
  • DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
  • DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
  • DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
  • TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
  • 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.
  • Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.

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

34 aircraft are registered to Rainier Flight Service LLC today, mostly Cessna 162. Built between 1978 and 2025; half of them in 2011 or earlier, so the typical one is about 15 years old. 1 is a twin-engine aeroplane.

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N24529, a Cessna 172R
N24529, Cessna 172R
Photo: Jeroen Stroes Aviation Photography from Netherlands, CC BY 2.0

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Cessna 162 15Cessna 172S 10Textron Aviation Inc 172S 5Cessna 172R 2Cessna 152 1Piper PA-44-180 1
All 34 aircraft, each with its own page
Tail numberAircraftBuiltNTSB records, last 10 years
N67991Cessna 1521978
N162TWCessna 16220121
N163TWCessna 1621
N343JHCessna 162
N5199DCessna 1622010
N5202BCessna 1621
N5214FCessna 1622011
N52165Cessna 1622011
N589JDCessna 162
N6020YCessna 16220111
N6029VCessna 1622011
N6043MCessna 1622011
N6044PCessna 1622011
N60524Cessna 16220111
N6058VCessna 162
N60758Cessna 1622012
N2438ECessna 172R2000
N24529Cessna 172R2001
N1152ZCessna 172S2006
N3526JCessna 172S
N444FRCessna 172S2015
N452EPCessna 172S2015
N457EPCessna 172S2015
N465EPCessna 172S2015
N556NDCessna 172S2009
N6342XCessna 172S2008
N686SPCessna 172S1999
N97ATCessna 172S2005
N781NDPiper PA-44-1802016
N259BDTextron Aviation Inc 172S2025
N351JSTextron Aviation Inc 172S2025
N73MHTextron Aviation Inc 172S2023
N82MHTextron Aviation Inc 172S2023
N859JTTextron Aviation Inc 172S2019

In the last 10 years the NTSB recorded 5 accidents involving these aircraft.

DateAircraftWhatWhereOutcomeRecord
March 22, 2026N163TW Cessna 162AccidentChehalis, WANo injuries; substantial damageWPR26LA136
July 30, 2021N60524 Cessna 162AccidentMorton, WANo injuries; substantial damageWPR21LA309
May 25, 2021N162TW Cessna 162AccidentIndianapolis, INNo injuries; substantial damageCEN21LA246
July 14, 2018N5202B Cessna 162AccidentBurlington, WANo injuries; substantial damageWPR18CA213
April 22, 2018N6020Y Cessna 162AccidentYork, PANo injuries; substantial damageGAA18CA231

Only the aircraft registered to Rainier Flight Service 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 Washington.

Other flight schools nearby within about 15 miles, the 10 nearest of 16

Compare every school in Washington: 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.

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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. Add the "Listed on eFlight" badge to your website.