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[C-03]Pre-purchase inspections

Pre-purchase inspections

A pre-purchase inspection tells the buyer what the aircraft is, what it needs and what its records can support, before the money moves.

97
Pre-Purchase Inspection projects

2015 to 2024

28
Countries

For this work

17
Aircraft families

For this work

600
Projects in the full log

2015 to 2024

[C-03.1]Scope

What the work covers.

  1. 01Records desktop reviewMaintenance status, damage history and component traceability reviewed first, so site time is spent where it matters.
  2. 02Physical surveyStructure, corrosion, repairs, cabin and systems inspected to the depth that access allows.
  3. 03Engines and APUBorescope inspection, trend data and shop visit history reviewed against remaining life.
  4. 04Cost to cureFindings grouped by airworthiness, contract and cosmetic impact so they can be priced.
Two inspectors walk out of a hangar toward a parked airliner
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[C-03.2]Deliverables

What the client receives.

Reports are written to be acted on, and to stand up if they are ever read by the other side.

  1. 01Findings report with photographs
  2. 02Records gap list
  3. 03Summary for the investment decision
[C-03.3]From the project log

97 logged. Where the experience sits.

Aircraft families with the most pre-purchase inspection projects in the firm's log, 2015 to 2024.

30
A320
25
737 Next Generation
10
A319
5
777

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Put the aircraft on the record.

A transaction to close, a redelivery in dispute, or a case that needs a technical opinion. One call reaches the people who do the work.