Stem Aviation Academy
Flight school in Carlsbad, California, where the main public airport is MC Clellan-Palomar Airport (CRQ). The FAA register lists 2 aircraft under this name, mostly Cessna 152.
Website: stemaviation.org (found by search; tell us if it is wrong)
About Stem Aviation Academy from its own website, read October 10, 2026
STEM Aviation Academy is a non-profit public benefit corporation that provides aviation education and safety training to middle and high school students, with a focus on inspiring youth from underrepresented communities to pursue careers in aviation. It operates from two locations in Southern California and offers field trips, familiarization flights, flight simulator training, and safety seminars for general aviation pilots.
- What it is
- Flight school
- Bases
- Carlsbad, CA KCRQ; El Cajon, CA KSEE
- Aircraft it names
- Cessna 152, Cessna 172, Cirrus SR20
- Services
- flight training, flight simulator training, safety training, airport tours, familiarization flights, aviation seminars
- Certificates and audits it mentions
- Part 141
- Elsewhere
- YouTube
Written by the site from the pages of stemaviation.org on October 10, 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 Out of date or wrong?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
29 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 29 for private pilot, 28 for commercial and instrument, 11 for airline transport pilot, 21 for flight instructor, 5 for sport pilot, 2 for type ratings; 27 for airplanes, 17 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 32 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 7 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 16 engineering representatives, 2 parachute rigger examiners, 10 training center evaluators, 2 training center examiners, 10 administrative pilot examiners.
- Jay Eugene Brentzel 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 · Carlsbad, CA (0 nm) · (619) 341-0320 · jaybrentzel@gmail.com
- Quinton James Smith private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Carlsbad, CA (0 nm) · (619) 916-7490 · qjsmitty@yahoo.com
- Russell Nmn Defrancesco 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 · Carlsbad, CA (0 nm) · (760) 492-3286 · raded@roadrunner.com
- Patrick Emory Hill private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Oceanside, CA (6 nm) · (760) 473-9670 · patehill@gmail.com
- Julie Ann Keane private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Ramona, CA (19 nm) · (760) 703-1967 · jkaviation@gmail.com
- Kenneth Douglas Shepherd private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Ramona, CA (19 nm) · (619) 890-0850 · flywithken@gmail.com
- David William Leonard private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · San Diego, CA (20 nm) · (619) 274-0804 · dleonard8765@gmail.com
- Gregory Michael Madariaga private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · San Diego, CA (20 nm) · (818) 402-4860 · global9065@yahoo.com
All 115 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.
Connections how this company links to the rest of the register
- Carlsbad, CA · where it registers its aircraft
- MC Clellan-Palomar Airport · CRQ
- California 27,552 aircraft registered
- 2 aircraft on the register · Cessna 152
This entry comes from the company's name on the FAA aircraft register (October 9, 2026): the FAA publishes no list of flight schools, so a company whose name says what it does is listed here. Is this your company? Claim or correct this listing: the base, the website, what you do, your own pictures.