Single-engine piston

N169WS

1946 Engineering & Research 415-D

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1946
Serial
856
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Continental C85 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Shapleigh, ME
Registration record

N169WS on the FAA register

Type
1946 Engineering & Research 415-D
Serial
856
Engines
Continental C85 series
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Shapleigh, ME
Certificate issued
2025-11-13
Airworthiness date
1976-09-09
Registration expires
2032-11-30
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A11522
Mode S (octal)
50212442
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-11-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-11-13
    Certificate of registration issued as N169WS.
  • 1976-09-09
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 1946
    Manufactured (1946).
Overview

About N169WS

N169WS is a 1946 Engineering & Research 415-D, serial number 856. It is registered to an individual in Shapleigh, Maine. The current certificate of registration was issued on November 13, 2025 and expires on November 30, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Continental C85 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated September 9, 1976.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N169WS. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1988-08-03 Accident · Auburn-Lewiston, ME Damage: Substantial NTSB · NYC88LA208
Reported aircraft: Ercoupe (Eng & Research Corp.) 415C — a different aircraft that carried the N169WS 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.