---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 183.25"
title: "14"
number: "183.25"
heading: "Technical personnel examiners."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/183.25"
---

# §183.25. Technical personnel examiners.

- (a) **A designated mechanic examiner (DME) (airframe and power plant) may—**
  - (1) Accept applications for, and conduct, mechanic, oral and practical tests necessary for issuing mechanic certificates under [part 65](/cfr/14/part65.md) of this chapter; and
  - (2) In the discretion of the appropriate local Flight Standards Inspector, issue temporary mechanic certificates to qualified applicants.
- (b) **A designated parachute rigger examiner (DPRE) may—**
  - (1) Accept applications for, and conduct, oral and practical tests necessary for issuing parachute rigger certificates under [part 65](/cfr/14/part65.md) of this chapter; and
  - (2) In the discretion of the appropriate local Flight Standards Inspector, issue temporary parachute rigger certificates to qualified applicants.
- (c) **A designated air traffic control tower operator examiner may—**
  - (1) Accept applications for, and conduct, written and practical tests necessary for issuing control tower operator certificates under [part 65](/cfr/14/part65.md) of this chapter; and
  - (2) In the discretion of the Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety issue temporary control tower operator certificates to qualified applicants.
- (d) **A designated flight engineer examiner (DFEE) may—**
  - (1) Accept applications for, and conduct, oral and practical tests necessary for issuing flight engineer certificates under [part 63](/cfr/14/part63.md) of this chapter; and
  - (2) In the discretion of the appropriate local Flight Standards Inspector, issue temporary flight engineer certificates to qualified applicants.
- (e) **A designated flight navigator examiner (DFNE) may—**
  - (1) Accept applications for, and conduct, oral and practical tests necessary for issuing flight navigator certificates under [part 63](/cfr/14/part63.md) of this chapter; and
  - (2) In the discretion of the appropriate local Flight Standards Inspector, issue temporary flight navigator certificates to qualified applicants.
- (f) **A designated aircraft dispatcher examiner (DADE) may—**
  - (1) Accept applications for, and conduct, written and practical tests necessary for issuing aircraft dispatcher certificates under [part 65](/cfr/14/part65.md) of this chapter; and
  - (2) In the discretion of the appropriate local Flight Standards Inspector, issue temporary aircraft dispatcher certificates to qualified applicants.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket 1151, 27 FR 4951, May 26, 1962, as amended by Amdt. 183-9, 54 FR 39296, Sept. 25, 1989; Docket FAA-2022-1355, Amdt. 183-18, 87 FR 75849, Dec. 9, 2022]

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 9701; 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40113, 44702, 45303.

### Source

Source: Docket 1151, 27 FR 4951, May 26, 1962, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Docket 1151, 27 FR 4951, May 26, 1962, as amended by Amdt. 183-9, 54 FR 39296, Sept. 25, 1989; Docket FAA-2022-1355, Amdt. 183-18, 87 FR 75849, Dec. 9, 2022]