Part 91 Director of Maintenance — without building a full flight department alone.
Professional DOM oversight and coordinated maintenance planning across a managed group of Part 91 aircraft — flight-department discipline, different owners. Citation maintenance and aircraft maintenance management for business and private jet owners in the Columbus, Ohio area.
- A&P with Inspection Authorization (IA)
- ~27 years in aircraft maintenance
- NDT: Eddy Current · Mag Particle · Fluorescent Penetrant · Ultrasound · X-Ray
- Factory trained: Challenger 300 · Citation · Caravan · G1000
- Former DOM & Chief of Maintenance
Owner-flown and small Part 91 operators carry flight-department maintenance burdens — without a flight department.
Inspections, ADs, records, vendor quotes, squawks, and downtime planning usually land on an owner or a single pilot. Large flight departments solve this with a Director of Maintenance. Most individual owners can’t justify one on their own.
One accountable maintenance lead
A seasoned A&P/IA acting in a Director of Maintenance role for your aircraft — planning, oversight, and follow-through.
Coordinated across owners
Separately owned aircraft are planned together like a flight department, so scheduling, vendors, and costs can be coordinated rather than handled alone.
Records & inspection readiness
Clear visibility into what’s due, what’s open, and what the next inspection window will really involve — before the aircraft goes down.
Flight-department discipline. Different owners.
Each aircraft keeps its own owner, its own agreements, and its own regulatory responsibility. Citation Solutions provides the maintenance leadership layer across the group.
Intro consult
A free phone consult or an email on your aircraft, current setup, and next inspection window.
Baseline review
Status of inspections, ADs, records, open items, and existing vendors.
Coordinated plan
Your aircraft joins a managed group with planned inspection windows and shared vendor coordination where it makes sense.
Ongoing oversight
DOM-level follow-through on scheduling, squawks, quotes, and records readiness.
Important: This is not a single operating certificate and does not replace the aircraft owner’s or operator’s responsibilities under the FARs. Each program is structured by individual agreement and reviewed with aviation counsel.
Citation maintenance and aircraft maintenance management
Citation Solutions is based in the Columbus, Ohio area (CMH and OSU). We provide Columbus aircraft maintenance and Columbus Citation maintenance for Part 91 owners who do not have a flight department of their own, including Ohio Citation maintenance and Ohio aircraft maintenance management across a coordinated group of aircraft.
Part 91 DOM / maintenance leadership
Director of Maintenance responsibilities for your aircraft, handled by an experienced A&P/IA.
Coordinated multi-aircraft planning
Inspection and downtime planning across a managed group of separately owned aircraft.
Maintenance cost coordination
Vendor quotes, work scopes, and scheduling coordinated to help owners share and control costs.
Inspection & records readiness
Review of logbooks, AD/SB status, and open items ahead of the next inspection window.
NDT coordination
Eddy current, magnetic particle, fluorescent penetrant, ultrasound, and X-ray inspection coordination.
Type-aware guidance
Factory training and hands-on experience across Citation, Challenger, King Air, and other business aircraft.
Protect your aircraft’s value. Find any record in seconds.
On a $2 million aircraft, lost or incomplete logbooks can cost $200,000–$300,000 in value. Aircraft logbook scanning and an aircraft records audit turn paper logbooks into an organized, searchable digital record set — with a clickable table of contents, bookmarks by section and a serialized-parts index — ready for prebuys, audits and shops.
- Records Assurance — Indexed: for typed and modern records
- Records Assurance — Transcribed: for older aircraft with handwritten logs, every entry searchable alongside the original page
Ready when you need it
- Hand a prebuy inspector an organized record set, not a box of binders
- Jump straight to an STC, a weight & balance revision or a component’s history
- Send a shop exactly the pages it needs — originals stay with you
- Audited for missing and duplicate pages
- Final quality check by an experienced IA before delivery
Common questions about Citation maintenance in Ohio
What does a Part 91 Director of Maintenance do?
A Part 91 Director of Maintenance is a seasoned A&P/IA who acts as the maintenance lead for your aircraft — planning, oversight and follow-through. For Citation Solutions clients that includes maintenance tracking, weekly inspections, weekly look-ahead emails, coordinating scheduled and unscheduled maintenance with shops, and squawk follow-through. The work is structured by individual agreement. It is not a single operating certificate and does not replace the aircraft owner’s or operator’s responsibilities under the FARs.
Do you provide private jet maintenance in Columbus, Ohio?
Yes. Citation Solutions is based in the Columbus / Delaware, Ohio area (CMH and OSU airports) and provides Citation maintenance and aircraft maintenance management for Part 91 owners. Work away from the Columbus area may include travel expenses, which are discussed and approved in advance.
What is included in a monthly maintenance plan?
Each plan is a fixed monthly fee for weekly inspections (about four per month, scheduled around your flying), Citation maintenance tracking and planning, vendor quotes and inspection management, and maintenance control if you have an event on the road. Labor to service tires and engine oil is included. Additional labor, oxygen servicing, consumables, parts, shipping and approved travel are billed separately as used. Plans start at $1,400 per month for Citations up to the 560, $1,700 for the 560XL / Excel family, and $2,300 for large-cabin Citations (680, 750 and up). Multiple aircraft discounts apply. See the Plans page for details.
What is Aircraft Records Assurance?
Aircraft Records Assurance is aircraft logbook scanning and indexing that turns paper logbooks into an organized, searchable digital record set — with a clickable table of contents, bookmarks, a serialized-parts index, and an aircraft records audit for missing and duplicate pages. Typed records use the Indexed option; handwritten logs can be Transcribed so every entry is searchable alongside the original page. Every job gets a final quality check by an experienced IA. Work is quoted per aircraft. Learn more about Records Assurance.
Do you offer Citation NDT and NDI?
Citation Solutions provides Citation NDT and NDI coordination — eddy current, magnetic particle, fluorescent penetrant, ultrasound and X-ray — backed by hands-on NDT experience.
Who owns Citation Solutions?
Nate Cichon, an A&P mechanic with Inspection Authorization (IA), has owned Citation Solutions, LLC since 2011. He has about 27 years in aircraft maintenance and is based in the Columbus, Ohio area.
Tell us about your aircraft and next inspection window.
Book a free phone consult or send us an email. We’ll talk through your aircraft, your current maintenance setup, and whether a coordinated program makes sense.