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Examiners and inspectors near Salton Sea Airport SAS

9 FAA designees are based within 50 nautical miles of Salton Sea Airport in Salton City, California: 2 pilot examiners, 4 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 1 training center examiner. The pilot examiners may test for private pilot (2), commercial and instrument (2), flight instructor (2), sport pilot (1) in airplanes (2). Nearest first; "nm" is nautical miles from the airport to the designee's town.

Pilot examiners DPE · 2 · 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
Julie Ann Keane	Ramona, CA RNM	50	private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes	3123 Duck Pond Lane	(760) 703-1967	[email protected]	SAN DIEGO FSDO WP-09 / SAN FSDO
Kenneth Douglas Shepherd	Ramona, CA RNM	50	private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes	23535 CALISTOGA PLACE	(619) 890-0850	[email protected]	SAN DIEGO FSDO WP-09 / SAN FSDO

Aviation medical examiners AME · 4 · Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold

Name	Town	nm	Works from	Telephone	Email	FAA office
Mervat Gamil Kelada	Imperial, CA IPL	31	207 E BARIONI	(760) 768-5055	[email protected]	Western Pacific Region
Daniel Scott Cosgrove	Indian Wells, CA UDD	33	45200 club dr, Suite B	(760) 777-7698	[email protected]	Western Pacific Region
William Robert Page	Palm Desert, CA UDD	37	Eisenhower Health: Sleep Center 41900 COOK ST, STE102A	(760) 774-1776	[email protected]	Western Pacific Region
Katrina Jane Platt	Rancho Mirage, CA PSP	40	41750 Rancho Las Palmas Dr., Building F-1	(760) 568-9831	[email protected]	Western Pacific Region

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
John Hardell	Indio, CA UDD	31	51645 CLUBHOUSE DRIVE	(661) 208-6001	[email protected]	RIVERSIDE FSDO WP-21 / RAL FSDO

Airworthiness representatives (manufacturing) DAR-F · 1 · Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts

Name	Town	nm	Works from	Telephone	Email	FAA office
Mathew Brian Hlavac	Ramona, CA RNM	50	25410 Creek Hollow Drive	(619) 647-0654	[email protected]	Los Angeles CMS

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

Name	Town	nm	Works from	Telephone	Email	FAA office
Morgan Helmstetler	Ramona, CA RNM	50	2926 Montecito Rd	(760) 788-1220	[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 California · by state.