David Alan Smith
Pilot examiner in Fletcher, NC: an experienced pilot the FAA has designated to give checkrides, the practical tests for pilot certificates and ratings, on its behalf.
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes.
Office as the FAA lists it
- Address
- 240 Wright Brothers Way
Fletcher, NC 28732 - Telephone
- (828) 458-8484
- [email protected]
- Nearest airport
- Asheville Regional AVL
Booking a checkride
- Your instructor usually arranges it once you're ready and signed off.
- Examiners set their own fees; ask when you book, and ask how far ahead they're booking.
- Bring what the FAA's testing standards list for your certificate, and your logbook.
Other pilot examiners nearby within fifty nautical miles
- Gregory Collins · Hendersonville, NC (9 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot; airplanes - Brett Avery Zukowski · Greenville, SC (37 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes - William Porcher Dubose · Spartanburg, SC (40 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes - Leonard Litton · Piedmont, SC (44 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes - Brandon NeSmith · Morganton, NC (46 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot; airplanes - Harrison Grady Smith · Central, SC (46 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes - Donald Johnson · Greeneville, TN (48 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes
Every FAA examiner near Asheville Regional: 8 pilot examiners, 12 medical examiners.
Flight schools and clubs nearby within about 15 miles, with their aircraft and safety record
- University of North Carolina At Asheville · university or college with a flight programme, 6 aircraft, Asheville, 6 miles away
- Pf Flyers INC · flight school, 1 aircraft, Asheville, 6 miles away
- Tech Flyers LLC · flight school, 1 aircraft, Asheville, 6 miles away
- Mountain Flyers INC · flight school, 4 aircraft, Hendersonville, 10 miles away
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