Airports · Defiance Memorial · examiners in Ohio · FAA locator read October 10, 2026

Examiners and inspectors near Defiance Memorial DFI

19 FAA designees are based within 50 nautical miles of Defiance Memorial in Defiance, Ohio: 7 pilot examiners, 8 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance). The pilot examiners may test for private pilot (7), commercial and instrument (6), airline transport pilot (2), flight instructor (5), sport pilot (2) in airplanes (5), multi-engine airplanes (5), helicopters (2). Nearest first; "nm" is nautical miles from the airport to the designee's town.

Pilot examiners DPE · 7 · Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings

Name	Town	nm	May test for	Works from	Telephone	Email	FAA office
Lara Zook Gaerte	Auburn, IN GWB	29	private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes	Century Aviation 2710 County Road 60	(260) 602-6293	[email protected]	GRAND RAPIDS FSDO GL-09 / GRR FSDO
David George Ehrman	Ft Wayne, IN SMD	33	private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes	Smith Field Aero Center 902 West Ludwig Road	(260) 602-5788	[email protected]	INDIANAPOLIS FSDO GL-11 / IND FSDO
Joel Allen Borton	Bowling Green, OH 1G0	36	private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes	Wood County FBO 1261 E. Poe Rd.	(248) 330-9945	[email protected]	CLEVELAND FSDO GL-25 / CLE FSDO
Kerry Michael Brown	Adrian, MI ADG	36	private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes	2667 W CADMUS RD	(734) 657-6570	[email protected]	EAST MICHIGAN FSDO GL-23 / EMI FSDO
Leo Joseph Eggert	Bowling Green, OH 1G0	36	private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes	Wood County Airport/1G0 1261 E Poe Road	(419) 944-4700	[email protected]	CLEVELAND FSDO GL-25 / CLE FSDO
Spencer Norris	Sylvania, OH DUH	38	private pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; helicopters	6081 summit st, Sylvania, OH 43560	(419) 367-0411	[email protected]	EAST MICHIGAN FSDO GL-23 / EMI FSDO
Jeffrey Brian Schorsch	Perrysburg, OH TDZ	40	private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; helicopters	9900 Sedgefield Rd.	(419) 672-1542	[email protected]	CLEVELAND FSDO GL-25 / CLE FSDO

Aviation medical examiners AME · 8 · Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold

Name	Town	nm	Works from	Telephone	Email	FAA office
Mark S Souder	Auburn, IN GWB	29	1310 EAST 7TH ST SUITE J	(260) 925-0305	[email protected]	Great Lakes Region
Larry E Watkins	Angola, IN ANQ	35	306 EAST MAUMEE STREET	(260) 665-2164	[email protected]	Great Lakes Region
Stanislaw Peter Dajczak	Findlay, OH FDY	40	1205 Lima St	(419) 439-1977	[email protected]	Great Lakes Region
Gary Franklin Swann	Ottawa Lake, MI DUH	41	Gary F. Swann D.O. / Toledo Suburban Airport 4383 Section Road	(419) 787-3210	[email protected]	Great Lakes Region
Joseph Alan Greenlee	Fort Wayne, IN FWA	41	PARKVIEW REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER 11108 PARKVIEW CIRCLE, SUITE 5100	(260) 266-2812	[email protected]	Great Lakes Region
Todd Robert Page	Fort Wayne, IN FWA	41	5501 US Hwy 30 W	(260) 247-8708	[email protected]	Great Lakes Region
Uma Savanoor	Lima, OH AOH	42	Occupational Health Lima Memorial Health System 1303 Bellefontaine Ave	(419) 226-5180	[email protected]	Great Lakes Region
Juan Torres-Cordero	Saint Marys, OH O12	46	200 ST. CLAIR STREET	(419) 394-3335	[email protected]	Great Lakes Region

Mechanic examiners DME · 3 · Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant)

Name	Town	nm	Works from	Telephone	Email	FAA office
Brad Charles Mcdonald	Swanton, OH TOL	29	Federal Aerospace Institute 11371 W. Airport Service Rd.	(419) 514-6395	[email protected]	CLEVELAND FSDO GL-25 / CLE FSDO
George Alan Grimm	Swanton, OH TOL	29	Federal Aerospace Institute 11371 W, Airport Service Rd	(419) 601-1715	[email protected]	CLEVELAND FSDO GL-25 / CLE FSDO
Michael David Clouse	Fort Wayne, IN FWA	41	Ivy Tech Community College Aviation Center 405 W Cook Rd	(574) 666-2820	[email protected]	INDIANAPOLIS FSDO GL-11 / IND FSDO

Airworthiness representatives (maintenance) DAR-T · 1 · Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service

Name	Town	nm	Works from	Telephone	Email	FAA office
Anthony Kirk	Temperance, MI DUH	47	2176 PRINCETON LN	(419) 885-8669	[email protected]	EAST MICHIGAN FSDO GL-23 / EMI FSDO

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. A designee's functions are the FAA's own codes (DPE-PE-ASEL is a pilot examiner for the private certificate in single-engine airplanes), spelled out here for pilot examiners. Click a column heading to sort. All designees in Ohio · by state.