First N Flight Aviation Services — compliance record
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Vetting summary
Authority age
16 years (granted 2009)
Inspections
Zero inspections on file — no safety data to evaluate (a documented gap in vetting standards)
Email identity
Company domain, matches website
Federal identity
Registration snapshot
Legal name
Kevin J Hester
DBA
First N Flight Aviation Services
Entity type
Carrier
Physical address
1255 Monroe St, Philomath, OR 97370
Phone
(541) 829-3755
Power units
1
Drivers
1
First on record
—
Last MCS-150 filing
—
Hazmat flag
No
Operating authority
Dockets & filings
MC696413
Common: Inactive · Contract: None · Broker: None
Property: ✓ · Passenger: — · HHG: — · BIPD filed: — · Cargo: — · Bond: —
Authority history
- Reinstated — Motor Property Common Carrier
- Granted — Motor Property Common Carrier
Revocation records
- type license: COMMON · order1 serve date: 10/14/2010 · order2 type desc: INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION · order2 effective date: 11/16/2010
- type license: COMMON · order1 serve date: 03/05/2010 · order2 type desc: INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION · order2 effective date: 04/07/2010
Email & web forensics
On-file email
kevin@firstnflight.com — company domain
Mail host
Self-hosted / other
Domain match
Email domain matches the company website
From the FMCSA on-file contact, public domain registration (RDAP), and live DNS.
Crash record — last 24 months
0
Reportable crashes
0
Tow-aways
0
With injuries
0
With fatalities
Safety record
Inspection history
No roadside inspections in the current federal dataset.
Activity log
Record changes
TenFourHQ re-syncs the federal record daily and logs every field that changes — address moves, fleet-size jumps, authority flips. Sudden changes are a classic fraud tell.
No changes recorded since TenFourHQ began tracking this company.
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