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Pipistrel SINUS 912
N178SM is a Pipistrel SINUS 912, a glider with a four-stroke engine, built in 2024. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Blue Sky Aviation Services LLC, an LLC in Mineral Bluff, Georgia. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 28, 2024 and expires on October 31, 2031. It holds a light sport airworthiness certificate for glider, dated April 24, 2024.
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Where is it now Last seen Monday at 3:12 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Pipistrel (Slovenia)FAA spelling: PIPISTREL D O O
- Model
- SINUS 912 · all SINUS 912s and related versions
- Built of
- compositeThe airframe is composite: carbon fibre or glass fibre set in resin, moulded in large pieces with few joints, which gives smooth shapes but needs different inspection and repair methods from metal. This is how the Pipistrel SINUS 912 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 1178 SFNM 912 LSA
- Type
- GliderFAA type of aircraft code 1 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Four-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 8 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Rotax 912UL SERIES · 80 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas; the engine's maker also approves mogas, UL91, UL94
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2024
- Transponder code
- A13881 (octal 50234201)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- October 28, 2024
- Expires
- October 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- October 28, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Light sportFAA airworthiness class code 9 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · GliderFAA certificate purpose code G (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · April 24, 2024
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01448608
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Blue Sky Aviation Services LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 360 Tower Cir
Mineral Bluff, GA 30559-7117
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N178SM links to the rest of the register
- Pipistrel SINUS 912 45 registered
- Pipistrel 398 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Rotax 912UL series 402 aircraft with this engine series · 80 hp
- Blue Sky Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · expired
- Mineral Bluff, GA 4 aircraft registered in this town
- Georgia 8,807 aircraft registered
- Where N178SM is now · Last seen Monday at 3:12 pm.
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The public federal record on N178SM, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Blue Sky Aviation Services LLC, an LLC, certificate issued October 28, 2024, expires October 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Light sport certificate for glider, dated April 24, 2024, consistent with the 2024 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1178 SFNM 912 LSA for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N178SM according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
No NTSB investigation records located under N178SM. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data