Straight Tail Flyers LLC
Flight school in Peoria, Illinois, where the main public airport is General Downing - Peoria International (PIA). The FAA register lists 1 aircraft under this name, mostly Cessna 172.
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How many aircraft does Straight Tail Flyers LLC have?
1 aircraft is registered to it with the FAA as of October 22, 2026; aircraft it leases from their owners are not counted.
What does Straight Tail Flyers LLC fly?
Mostly the Cessna 172.
How old are Straight Tail Flyers LLC's aircraft?
Built in 1958.
Has Straight Tail Flyers LLC had any accidents?
The NTSB recorded no accident or incident involving the aircraft registered to it today in the last 10 years.
Where is Straight Tail Flyers LLC?
In Peoria, Illinois; the main public airport there is General Downing - Peoria International (PIA).
Are there FAA examiners near Straight Tail Flyers LLC?
4 pilot examiners and 5 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles of its airport. See them by name
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
4 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 4 for private pilot, 4 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 2 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 2 for type ratings; 3 for airplanes, 3 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 5 aviation medical examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 1 training center examiner.
- Jeffrey Allen private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Jet Air, Inc. · Galesburg, IL (37 nm) · (309) 221-3577 · [email protected]
- Joseph Lawrence Kinzer private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Peru, IL (48 nm) · (262) 573-6115 · [email protected]
- Thomas James Norton private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; multi-engine airplanes · Peru, IL (48 nm) · (407) 951-2901 · [email protected]
- Dennis Dwain Taft private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Springfield, IL (49 nm) · (217) 553-6154 · [email protected]
All 14 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Its aircraft and their safety record from the FAA register and the NTSB
1 aircraft is registered to Straight Tail Flyers LLC today, mostly Cessna 172. Built in 1958.
The aircraft, with its own page
| Tail number | Aircraft | Built | NTSB records, last 10 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| N8860B | Cessna 172 | 1958 |
The NTSB recorded no accident or incident involving these aircraft in the last 10 years.
Only the aircraft registered to Straight Tail Flyers 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 Illinois.
Other flight schools nearby within about 15 miles
- Bradley Flying Association 2 aircraft · flying club, Peoria
- Central Illinois Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school, Peoria
Compare every school in Illinois: 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
- Peoria, IL · where it registers its aircraft
- General Downing - Peoria International · PIA
- Mount Hawley Auxiliary Airport · 3MY
- Illinois 8,050 aircraft registered
- 1 aircraft on the register · Cessna 172
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