Aviation Database Search Instructions

There are two search systems available:

• Basic Search. Use this when you already know the n-number of the aircraft you want to find. Simply enter the number into the search field and press the search button. For example, entering 1234 would return the aircraft N1234, which happens to be a Cessna 414.
  
• Advanced Search. Use this when you only know "part of" the n-number, or you want to search based on other information. For example, if you enter 72AT as the n-number, then you will receive records for N172AT, N672AT, N72AT, N82AT, and N772AT.
  
  You can also use the advanced search to locate aircraft without knowing any part of the n-number. For example, if you wanted to find all Cessna 172 aircraft registered in Tucson, Az, then enter:
  
  • Owner City: Tucson
  • Owner State: Az
  • Manufacturer Name: Cessna
  • Manufacturer Model: 172

  The above query will return every Cessna 172 registered to Tucson, Az.

Search Report Formats

There are several different formats in which the results for the advanced search may be displayed:

• Full Aircraft Details. This displays all pertinent information on the aircraft, including manufacturer and engine specifics. Up to 100 results may be returned in this format.
  
• Abbreviated Summary. Only displays the n-number, owner name, city, and state, and manufacturer name and model. Up to 500 results may be returned in this format.
  
• N-Number Only. Only the n-number of each result will be returned. Up to 1000 results may be returned in this format.

Regular Expressions:

The advanced search engine supports a restricted set of regular expression operators. The basic search engine does not support regular expressions. Regular expressions allow you to specify a more complex search pattern where various characters may be "wildcards". Several special regular expression operators are present:

• '.' (period). Matches any character, i.e. it's a wildcard character.
• '*' (star). Match the previous character 0 or more times

Here are some examples:

• 123.4 This would match all of the following n-numbers: 12304, 12314, 12324, ... 12394, 123A4, etc.
• ..529 Match all n-numbers that end in '529'. i.e. 10529, 11529, 23529, 99529, etc.
• 123.. Match all n-numbers that start with '123'. i.e 12301, 12302, 12345, 12399, etc

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