WIFA (Washington International Flight Academy)

Certificate type not established

Data confidence: Records are linked by certificate number, aircraft registration, or a name match that a reviewer has confirmed. Each record below shows how it was linked.

Also recorded as: WIFA (Washington International Flight Academy)

Accident & enforcement record

Events that happened, regardless of the operator's own reporting. Each links to its public source.

NTSB accidents & incidents

Accident · 2026-08-14 Operator named in NTSB report
PIPER PA-28-181 (N586MA) No injuries Part 91

Operated by WIFA (WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT ACADEMY) LLC (per NTSB report)

Not yet finalized — may be revised.
Source: NTSB case ERA26LA307
Accident · 2026-06-20 Operator named in NTSB report
PIPER PA-28-181 (N249WF) Fatal injury Part 91

Operated by WIFA (WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT ACADEMY) LLC (per NTSB report)

Not yet finalized — may be revised.
Source: NTSB case ERA26FA243
Accident · 2025-08-21 Operator named in NTSB report
CESSNA 172 (N505LP) No injuries Part 91

Operated by WIFA (WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT ACADEMY) LLC (per NTSB report)

The flight instructor’s distraction during landing, which resulted in a long landing and subsequent runway excursion.

Source: NTSB case ERA25LA311
Accident · 2020-12-22 Operator named in NTSB report
CESSNA 172S (N505LP) No injuries Part 91

Operated by WIFA (WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT ACADEMY) LLC (per NTSB report)

The pilot’s decision to land the airplane in crosswind conditions that exceeded the airplane’s maximum demonstrated crosswind velocity.

Source: NTSB case ERA21LA092
Accident · 2010-11-14 Operator named in NTSB report
CESSNA 172N (N249ER) No injuries Part 91

Operated by WIFA (Washington International Flight Academy) (per NTSB report)

The student pilot's inadequate use of the rudder, and subsequent loss of directional control.

Source: NTSB case ERA11CA061

FAA enforcement actions

No FAA enforcement actions linked to this operator.

Maintenance disclosure history

No maintenance difficulty reports on file. Note: SDR filing is largely voluntary, so absence is not evidence of a clean maintenance history.

Linked aircraft

N-numberMake / modelYearStatusLink basis
N249EROperator named in NTSB report
N249WFPIPER PA-28-1811976Valid RegistrationOperator named in NTSB report
N505LPCESSNA 172S2000Valid RegistrationOperator named in NTSB report
N586MAPIPER PA-28-1811999Valid RegistrationOperator named in NTSB report

Aircraft with earlier records under this certificate

Maintenance and accident records on this page also cover aircraft that are not in this operator's current FAA fleet list. Charter and management fleets change — owners switch management companies, sell, or export aircraft. Where the registry shows what became of a tail, it is noted below.

3 aircraft filed records under this certificate within the last two years but are not in the fleet list we hold — fleet lists can lag actual operations.

  • N249ER — records 2010 · no longer on the FAA registry