Some of it lives at the FAA. Some of it lives in a hangar drawer under a coffee stain. PlaneReports reads all of it, puts it in order, and turns "trust me, she's a good airplane" into something a buyer can actually see.
A milk crate of logbooks. A lien nobody remembers. A repair from 2004 that the seller swears was "minor." The history exists — it's just scattered, and whoever finds it first wins the negotiation.
One report. The ownership chain back to the factory, the NTSB record, the ADs, a lien & title search, the logbooks — assembled, scored, and the same whether you're buying or selling. No more surprises at the closing table.
That's the whole ask. No signup, no card. We go find that exact airplane in the public record.
FAA registration and the ownership chain, NTSB accident and incident history, and the Airworthiness Directives that apply to the make and model — the stuff that was always public, finally in one readable place, in seconds.
A plain 0–100 read of how complete and consistent the records are. Honest by design — gaps show as gaps.
Everything above is free and always will be. If you're buying an airplane and want more than the public snapshot, order the Buyer's Report: we pull the FAA's complete record on that specific aircraft, reconcile it, and read it before our name goes on it — typically published within one business day.
Public records tell you who owned the airplane and what the FAA knows. The owner's own records tell you how it was actually cared for. Scan the logbooks and the maintenance history fills in — every entry, shop, and inspection. For owners fully participating in PlaneReports, the record goes deeper still: true cost-of-ownership and financial detail, oil analysis reports, even borescope images of the engine's internal condition. Every document added lifts the score — and turns "trust me, she's a good airplane" into something a buyer can see.
The instant score is everything the public record can tell us this second, and it costs nothing — on any tail, as often as you like. The compiled report is that record pulled in full from the FAA, cross-checked, and read by a person before our name goes on it. That part is hand work, which is why it's $99 rather than free — and we email you the moment it's published.
Buyers see the record before the deposit. Sellers control the story instead of getting ambushed by it. Same report, no sides.