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How it was actually flown.
Twelve months of ADS-B activity: total flights, dormancy gaps, mission profile inferred. The most informative thing about a used aircraft, and the thing most reports skip.
Decision support for pre-buy inspections
Know what you're buying.
Buying an airplane is one of the most consequential financial decisions we make as pilots — and we rely on a thorough pre-buy to reduce financial and safety risks. But how can we be sure we're asking the right questions?
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Example report
Amber — ReviewN323FT
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NTSB records: 0 incidents
Flights, last 12 mo: 0
Longest dormancy: 0 days
Personal-use profile with one historical incident and moderate dormancy.
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Amber — ReviewN162HA
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NTSB records: 0 incidents
Flights, last 12 mo: 0
Longest dormancy: 0 days
Low-incident profile overall, with enough incident/risk signal to warrant follow-up questions.
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Amber — ReviewN202FD
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NTSB records: 0 incidents
Flights, last 12 mo: 0
Longest dormancy: 0 days
Mixed utilization with periods of inactivity worth clarifying in logs.
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Green — FavorableN129RJ
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NTSB records: 0 incidents
Flights, last 12 mo: 0
Longest dormancy: 0 days
Consistent recent usage and no severe incident pattern in public records.
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15 minutes, free — what we cover, what we don’t, whether Tailproof fits your buying timeline.
From records to questions
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Pull records
FAA registry, NTSB records, and activity data gathered into one read.
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See patterns
Utilization, dormancy gaps, reported incidents, and flight-pattern signals surfaced clearly.
3
Bring better questions to the pre-buy
Walk into the inspection with specific questions for your A&P/IA.
Three sources, one calibrated read.
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FAA records, decoded.
Current registration, aircraft identity, airworthiness status, and registry dates. The same FAA data buyers already check — translated out of regulator-speak, with the context that matters.
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Incident history, in context.
Full summary of incidents (FAA, NTSB) with implications for inspection and questions to follow up on with your A&P/IA.
HISTORY BEFORE FLIGHT.
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