S O W Aviation LLC
Flight school in Crystal River, Florida, where the main public airport is Crystal River/Davis Field (CGC). The FAA register lists 7 aircraft under this name, mostly Cessna 172N.
Website: crystalaerogroup.com (found by search; tell us if it is wrong)
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How many aircraft does S O W Aviation LLC have?
7 aircraft are registered to it with the FAA as of October 22, 2026; aircraft it leases from their owners are not counted.
What does S O W Aviation LLC fly?
Mostly the Cessna 172N, along with the Cessna 340A and the Cessna 172M.
How old are S O W Aviation LLC's aircraft?
Built between 1978 and 1980; half were built in 1979 or earlier, so the typical one is about 47 years old.
Has S O W Aviation LLC had any accidents?
In the last 10 years the NTSB recorded 2 accidents involving the aircraft registered to it today, none of them fatal. The full record
Where is S O W Aviation LLC?
In Crystal River, Florida; the main public airport there is Crystal River/Davis Field (CGC).
Are there FAA examiners near S O W Aviation LLC?
10 pilot examiners and 13 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles of its airport. See them by name
About S O W Aviation LLC from its own website, read October 21, 2026
Crystal Aero Group is a full-service FBO and flight school based at Crystal River Airport on Florida's Nature Coast. It offers professional pilot training including private pilot certification, air tours, aircraft maintenance, and fuel services.
- Calls itself
- Crystal Aero Group
- What it is
- Flight school
- Bases
- Crystal River, FL CGH
- Services
- flight training, air tours, fuel, maintenance, annual inspections, pre-buy inspections
- Certificates and audits it mentions
- Part 141
- Founded
- 1978
- Address
- 718 N. Lindbergh Drive, Crystal River, FL, 34429
- Telephone
- (352) 795-6868
- [email protected]
- Elsewhere
Written by the site from the pages of crystalaerogroup.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 Out of date or wrong?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
10 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 10 for private pilot, 10 for commercial and instrument, 7 for airline transport pilot, 9 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot; 10 for airplanes, 6 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 13 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 5 engineering representatives, 2 parachute rigger examiners, 33 training center evaluators, 2 training center examiners, 2 administrative pilot examiners.
- Gudrun Davis private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · CRYSTAL AERO GROUP INC · Crystal River, FL (0 nm) · (352) 464-2122 · [email protected]
- Jose Singer Riquelme private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · American Aviation · Brooksville, FL (24 nm) · (813) 525-1579 · [email protected]
- Alexis Nicole Waechter private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Ocala, FL (26 nm) · (352) 342-2093 · [email protected]
- Colby Vine 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 · Epic Aviation · Ocala, FL (26 nm) · (352) 362-6091 · [email protected]
- Jordan McGowan private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Ocala, FL (26 nm) · (352) 229-4043 · [email protected]
- William Henry Edwards private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · San Antonio, FL (34 nm) · (352) 760-7273 · [email protected]
- Kyle I Pack private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, gliders · Sunair Aviation · Leesburg, FL (40 nm) · (941) 468-4985 · [email protected]
- Robert King Galloway private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, seaplanes · Leesburg, FL (40 nm) · (803) 468-7390 · [email protected]
All 71 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.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- 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
7 aircraft are registered to S O W Aviation LLC today, mostly Cessna 172N. Built between 1978 and 1980; half of them in 1979 or earlier, so the typical one is about 47 years old. 2 are twin-engine aeroplanes.
All 7 aircraft, each with its own page
In the last 10 years the NTSB recorded 2 accidents involving these aircraft.
| Date | Aircraft | What | Where | Outcome | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 22, 2026 | N868SA Cessna 172M | Accident | Crystal River, FL | No injuries; substantial damage | ERA26LA186 |
| January 31, 2020 | N739XT Cessna 172N | Accident | Crystal River, FL | No injuries; substantial damage | ERA20CA093 |
Only the aircraft registered to S O W 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 Florida.
Connections how this company links to the rest of the register
- Crystal River, FL · where it registers its aircraft
- Crystal River/Davis Field · CGC
- Florida 21,706 aircraft registered
- S O W Aviation LLC 7 aircraft in the fleet
- 7 aircraft on the register · Cessna 172N
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.