Single-engine turboprop

N3178L

1975 Homebuilt SM 1019

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1975
Serial
039
Class
Single-engine turboprop
Engines
Allison 250-B15G
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Blair Air Service Inc (Corporation)
Based
Lemoore, CA
Registration record

N3178L on the FAA register

Type
1975 Homebuilt SM 1019
Serial
039
Engines
Allison 250-B15G
Registered owner
Blair Air Service Inc
Lemoore, CA
Certificate issued
2006-09-27
Airworthiness date
2006-05-25
Registration expires
2028-05-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A3644D
Mode S (octal)
50662115
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-05-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2006-09-27
    Certificate of registration issued as N3178L.
  • 2006-05-25
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1975
    Manufactured (1975).
Overview

About N3178L

N3178L is a 1975 Homebuilt SM 1019, serial number 039. The FAA register lists Blair Air Service Inc as the registrant in Lemoore, California. The current certificate of registration was issued on September 27, 2006 and expires on May 31, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine turboprop, one Allison 250-B15G engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated May 25, 2006.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N3178L. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1992-08-05 Accident · Van Nuys, CA Damage: Substantial NTSB · LAX92T#A14
Reported aircraft: Bell 206-L3 — a different aircraft that carried the N3178L registration before this airframe.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.