Nate Cichon, A&P / IA
Owner of Citation Solutions, LLC since 2011. Roughly 27 years in aircraft maintenance — from hands-on technician to Chief of Maintenance and Director of Maintenance. Based in the Columbus, Ohio area.
Maintenance leadership, built from the hangar floor up
Nate has spent his career on business and transport aircraft, working as a technician, Chief of Maintenance and Director of Maintenance, and has owned Citation Solutions, LLC since 2011. Citation Solutions brings that flight-department-level maintenance leadership to Part 91 owners who don’t have a maintenance department of their own.
The goal is simple: one accountable, experienced maintenance lead — and the planning discipline of a flight department — coordinated across a group of separately owned aircraft.
Career highlights
- OwnerCitation Solutions, LLC · 2011–present
- Central Operations ManagerAircraft Inspection Service · 2014–presentPerforming NDT: Eddy Current, Magnetic Particle, Fluorescent Penetrant, Ultrasound, X-Ray.
- Director of MaintenanceContinental Flight Management
- Chief of MaintenanceLane Aviation
- TechnicianWhitewater Aviation
Columbus / Delaware, Ohio area · nate@citationsolutionsllc.com
Certification
- A&P with Inspection Authorization (IA)
- ~27 years experience
- Owner, Citation Solutions, LLC since 2011
Citation NDT and NDI
Hands-on Citation NDT and NDI experience includes:
- Eddy Current
- Magnetic Particle
- Fluorescent Penetrant
- Ultrasound
- X-Ray
Factory training
- Challenger 300
- Cessna Caravan
- Garmin G1000
- Conquest II 441
- Citation 550/551
- Citation S550
- Citation 550XL
- JT15D
Type experience
- King Air
- Gulfstream
- Learjet
- Mitsubishi
- Hawker
- Canadair
- Embraer
- Fairchild Dornier
- Airbus
- Boeing
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.