AOPA Valuation

[brien23]

The AOPA used aircraft valuation is it accurate or not.

 

[kevin47881]

The AOPA used aircraft valuation is it accurate or not.

While it does give an educated guess as to value, it does not report actual purchase prices. Value and purchase price are not always in sync.

 

[AdamZ]

The use a freebie version of Vref. I usually find Vref to be a bit high. The evaluator on on Trade-a-Plane is much better.

 

[poadeleted20]

I've found the Vref system on AOPA's site to be a good estimate of what it would cost to replace your plane with an identical one -- thus, a pretty good estimator for what hull value to get on your insurance. However, it significantly overestimates the amount you'd get if you sold your plane -- for that, TaP's is much better.

 

[Dean]

I would have to agree with Ron, use it for purchasing insurance and thats about it. I have found that it runs about 20% above what the market is doing. And if fuel prices and the economy keep getting out of hand, it may get closer to 30%.