What each form covers
AS9102 splits a first article inspection report across three forms. All three are required for a full FAI, and a customer will reject a package that is missing one.
Form 1Part number accountability
Identifies the part, the drawing and the revision the report was run against, plus who verified and approved it. This is the form that says which part this package belongs to.
Form 2Product accountability
Materials, special processes and functional testing, each with its specification and the certificate that proves conformance. Leave a block empty when it does not apply to the part.
Form 3Characteristic accountability
One row per ballooned characteristic: where it sits on the drawing, what the drawing requires, and what you measured. This is the form that takes the time.
Why nothing uploads
Everything you type stays in the browser tab. There is no server to send it to. The report is produced by your browser's own print dialog, so a drawing number or a customer part number never leaves the machine you are sitting at.
That matters more in this industry than most. Part numbers and drawing revisions are frequently export-controlled, and pasting them into a hosted tool is a conversation with your ITAR or CMMC scope that most shops would rather not have. It also means you can keep a draft going with no account and no subscription.
Common questions
Is this really free?
Yes, with no email required and no export limit. It stays that way.
Where does my draft live?
In this browser, on this machine. It survives a refresh or a closed tab. It does not follow you to another computer, and clearing your browser data removes it.
Can I get my characteristics in without typing them?
Paste them. Select the cells in Excel or Sheets, copy, and paste into the Form 3 panel. You tell the builder what each column holds and it creates the rows.
Does it balloon my drawing?
No. This builder takes a characteristic list you already have and turns it into a conformant report. Producing that list from the print in the first place is the harder job, and it is what ctrlPlanner does: balloon the drawing once, and the FAI report is generated from the plan instead of typed out.
Who built this
A quality engineer and AS9100 lead auditor who got tired of the Excel template. It came out of ctrlPlanner, a drawing-first control plan tool for small aerospace job shops, where the FAI report is generated from the ballooned plan instead of typed out by hand.
If something here is wrong, or your customer rejects a report this produced, say so. That feedback is worth more than a signup. Email me directly.