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Examiners and inspectors near Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport SPI

9 FAA designees are based within 50 nautical miles of Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport in Springfield, Illinois: 1 pilot examiner, 4 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing). The pilot examiners may test for private pilot (1), commercial and instrument (1), flight instructor (1) in airplanes (1). Nearest first; "nm" is nautical miles from the airport to the designee's town.

Pilot examiners DPE · 1 · 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
Dennis Dwain Taft	Springfield, IL SPI	0	private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes	900 Capital Airport Dr	(217) 553-6154	[email protected]	SPRINGFIELD FSDO GL-19 / SPI 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
Harold JAY BRUNINGA	Springfield, IL SPI	0	900 CAPITAL AIRPORT DR.,	(217) 473-7386	[email protected]	Great Lakes Region
Curtis William Fisher	Pekin, IL C15	39	2401 BROADWAY ST, LOWER LEVEL	(309) 347-2714	[email protected]	Great Lakes Region
Nicholas Ryan Reinhart	Peoria, IL PIA	49	1320 W Bird Blvd	(815) 324-0408	[email protected]	Great Lakes Region
Richard A Ginnetti	Bloomington, IL BMI	49	210 SAINT JOSEPH DRIVE	(309) 663-5050	[email protected]	Great Lakes Region

Mechanic examiners DME · 1 · Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant)

Name	Town	nm	Works from	Telephone	Email	FAA office
Todd Christopher Cole	Jacksonville, IL IJX	26	Cole Aviation 1956 Baldwin Road	(217) 291-4213	[email protected]	SPRINGFIELD FSDO GL-19 / SPI FSDO

Airworthiness representatives (maintenance) DAR-T · 2 · Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service

Name	Town	nm	Works from	Telephone	Email	FAA office
Victor Anthony Linderman	Glenarm, IL SPI	13	11830 WAYSIDE MEADOWS RD	(217) 725-5765	[email protected]	SPRINGFIELD FSDO GL-19 / SPI FSDO
Fredric Allan Woldow	Morton, IL PIA	47	1307 S. Lee Ave.	(309) 620-7687	[email protected]	SPRINGFIELD FSDO GL-19 / SPI 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
Charles Alan Scribner	Springfield, IL SPI	0	17 Dean Park	(217) 836-4849	[email protected]	Minneapolis CMS

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 Illinois · by state.