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Examiners and inspectors near Fort Smith Regional FSM

6 FAA designees are based within 50 nautical miles of Fort Smith Regional in Fort Smith, Arkansas: 3 pilot examiners, 2 aviation medical examiners, 1 training center examiner. The pilot examiners may test for private pilot (3), commercial and instrument (3), airline transport pilot (1), flight instructor (3), sport pilot (2) in airplanes (3), multi-engine airplanes (1). Nearest first; "nm" is nautical miles from the airport to the designee's town.

Pilot examiners DPE · 3 · 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
Reginald Howell Henderson	Fort Smith, AR FSM	0	private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes	TAC Air 5300 Airport Blvd.	(479) 651-1919	[email protected]	LITTLE ROCK FSDO SW-11 / LIT FSDO
Zachary Duane Caldwell	Fort Smith, AR FSM	0	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	TAC AIR 5300 Airport BLVD	(479) 650-0245	[email protected]	LITTLE ROCK FSDO SW-11 / LIT FSDO
Joshua Paul Jones	Fayetteville, AR FYV	41	private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes	4500 S School Road	(303) 913-4218	[email protected]	LITTLE ROCK FSDO SW-11 / LIT FSDO

Aviation medical examiners AME · 2 · Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold

Name	Town	nm	Works from	Telephone	Email	FAA office
Chester L Carlson	Fort Smith, AR FSM	0	TAC AIR 5300 AIRPORT BLVD, BLDG. 7	(501) 551-3556	[email protected]	Southwest Region
Konstantin V Berestnev	Van Buren, AR FSM	8	2010 Chestnut St. Suite B	(479) 725-3000	[email protected]	Southwest Region

Training center examiners DCTO-E · 1 · Designee at a certificated training organisation

Name	Town	nm	Works from	Telephone	Email	FAA office
James M. Bowman	Fayetteville, AR FYV	41	437 West Ernest Lancaster Dr.	(479) 442-2182	[email protected]	Operations Support Branch

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 Arkansas · by state.