Pre-buy logbook review
Know what’s in the logbooks before you buy the airplane.
Avinari reads every page of an aircraft’s logbooks and gives you a report: its timeline, engine and prop times, every AD entry we find, inspection dates, damage mentions and the questions worth asking the seller. Every finding links to the logbook page it came from. $399 for a single-engine piston, $499 for a twin, delivered within 7 days.
- ✓ Every finding linked to its page
- ✓ Delivered in 7 days or your money back
- ✓ A records review, not a substitute for your mechanic
The logbooks are half the airplane’s value. They’re also the half nobody reads.
Forty years of handwriting, three or four books and a folder of loose paper. Here is what’s usually in there, and usually found too late: after you’ve paid for the flight out and the pre-buy inspection.
An annual that isn't there
The book jumps from 2016 to 2018. Was the plane flown? Is a logbook missing?
An AD with no entry
The FAA lists a fuel-selector AD for this serial range. Nobody wrote it up.
A prop strike in 2011
Was the engine torn down per Lycoming SB 533? Is the prop shop's yellow tag on file?
A tach that went backwards
A new tach in 2014. Did the total time carry across, or did 1,100 hours disappear?
A Form 337 and an STC
Speed brakes added in 2004. Is the flight manual supplement in the airplane?
Compressions trending down
Three annuals of readings side by side, cylinder by cylinder.
Any one of these can change the price, the inspection plan or the deal. Avinari puts them in front of you before you commit, with the page that proves each one.
How it works
- 01
Send the logbooks
Phone photos, scans or PDFs, through a private upload link. Every book, every loose page: airframe, engine, propeller, 337s, yellow tags, work orders.
- 02
We read every page
Each entry is read twice by independent readers and checked against the pages around it: dates, tach times, signatures, AD numbers.
- 03
You get the report
Within 7 days: the timeline, engine and prop times, ADs, inspections, damage mentions and the questions worth asking. Every finding opens the logbook page it came from, with the entry outlined.
- 04
Share it
One report for your mechanic, your partner or your lender, so everyone works from the same facts.
Read a full report before you spend a dollar.
A complete sample for a fictional 1978 Mooney M20J: 412 pages, a missing 2017 annual, a 2011 prop strike, a tach replaced in 2014 and an AD with no entry. Click around. It works exactly like yours will.
Open the sample reportWhat’s in the report
The airplane's timeline
Every annual, overhaul, alteration and avionics install on one chart, year by year, with the hours flown each year.
Engine and propeller times
Time since major overhaul against TBO, in hours and calendar years, plus big engine work since the overhaul.
ADs found in the logbooks
Each AD entry with its last compliance date and tach, recurring ADs flagged, and FAA-listed ADs with no entry found.
Inspections
Last annual, transponder (91.413), pitot-static (91.411), ELT: last done and next due.
Damage and incidents
Every entry that mentions damage, a prop strike, a gear-up or an incident, plus the NTSB record for the serial number.
Equipment list
Magnetos, vacuum pump, ELT, avionics, autopilot: make, model, serial and part number where the books record them.
Compressions and oil
The last three compression checks per cylinder and the oil burn trend.
Things to look at
Missing annuals, long silences, tach readings that go backwards, and open questions, written as questions to ask, not verdicts.
The source, every time
Click any finding and the original logbook page opens with the entry outlined. Check our work in seconds.
Who it’s for
Buying an airplane?
Get the records reviewed before you book the flight and the pre-buy inspection. Walk in knowing which ADs to check, which years are missing and which repairs to look at. Hand the report to your mechanic so their hours go where they matter.
Order a review →Selling an airplane?
Your listing comes with a records report every buyer can open. Serious buyers stop asking for scans; they click the link. Questions get answered with the page itself.
Order a seller report →A broker?
One report per listing, shared with every buyer who asks, and turned off when the plane sells. The paperwork question is answered before the first phone call.
Talk to us →A mechanic or pre-buy shop?
The records half of a pre-buy, done before the airplane is on your lift: ADs found, annual history, damage mentions, each with the page. Your IA spends the time on the airplane.
Talk to us →After the sale, the records keep working.
Keep using the history after the purchase with the separate Avinari ownership subscription. Add maintenance, track upcoming work and give your mechanic access to the same record.
- Add maintenance: photograph a new logbook entry; it’s read and filed.
- Maintenance schedule: annual, transponder, ELT and oil, with due dates.
- Hobbs, tach and oil: log them in seconds and watch the oil burn trend.
- Share the plane: invite your mechanic, co-owners and pilots, each with the right access.
- Search everything: every entry and AD, searchable in plain English.
Price
The guarantee
If your report isn’t delivered within 7 days of the logbooks arriving, you get a full refund. If you’re not happy with it, tell us within 14 days and we’ll refund it, no argument.
Order a records review
Tell us about the airplane. We’ll reply within one business day with a payment link and your private upload link.
Questions
- Is this an inspection?
- No. Avinari reviews the records and tells you what they contain and what we couldn't find. Your mechanic inspects the airplane. You want both. The records review tells your mechanic where to look.
- Do you say whether the airplane is airworthy?
- No, and nobody should from paperwork alone. Only a certificated mechanic or inspector examining the aircraft can make that call.
- What if pages are missing or hard to read?
- The report says so. Findings reflect the pages provided, and the records section lists exactly what we received.
- Who sees the report?
- Only the people you share it with. Your records are never shown to anyone else.
- Weight and balance?
- We never copy weight-and-balance figures. The report points to the latest signed W&B report so you read the original.
- Turbines, jets and helicopters?
- Single- and twin-engine pistons today. Email us about anything else. The report is built to grow into turbine and rotor components.