Single-engine piston

N388B

2019 Homebuilt Virus SW 100 IS

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2019
Serial
971 SW 100 IS
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Rotax 912 IS
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Scout Aerospace LLC (LLC)
Based
Greensboro, NC
Registration record

N388B on the FAA register

Type
2019 Homebuilt Virus SW 100 IS
Serial
971 SW 100 IS
Engines
Rotax 912 IS
Registered owner
Scout Aerospace LLC
Greensboro, NC
Certificate issued
2023-05-01
Airworthiness date
2020-03-10
Registration expires
2030-05-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A4791B
Mode S (octal)
51074433
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2030-05-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2023-05-01
    Certificate of registration issued as N388B to the current registrant.
  • 2020-03-10
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 2019
    Manufactured (2019).
  • 2012-09-21
    N388B previously assigned to a Beechcraft H35 Bonanza (s/n D-5284); cancelled.
Overview

About N388B

N388B is a 2019 Homebuilt Virus SW 100 IS, serial number 971 SW 100 IS. The FAA register lists Scout Aerospace LLC as the registrant in Greensboro, North Carolina. The current certificate of registration was issued on May 1, 2023 and expires on May 31, 2030.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Rotax 912 IS engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated March 10, 2020.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N388B. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1977-10-25 Accident · Novato,Ca, 05 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 3197
Reported aircraft: Beechcraft H35 — a different aircraft that carried the N388B 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.