Single-engine piston

N588BJ

1946 ERCO / Forney / Alon Ercoupe 415C

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1946
Serial
840
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Continental A&C75 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Ercoupe LLC (LLC)
Based
Orlando, FL
1946 ERCO / Forney / Alon Ercoupe 415C
Representative photo of a ERCO / Forney / Alon Ercoupe 415C. Not a photo of N588BJ.
Registration record

N588BJ on the FAA register

Type
1946 ERCO / Forney / Alon Ercoupe 415C (FAA: Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C)
Serial
840
Engines
Continental A&C75 series
Registered owner
Ercoupe LLC
Orlando, FL
Certificate issued
2023-03-16
Airworthiness date
1957-07-22
Registration expires
2030-03-31
Airworthiness class
Standard
Mode S (hex)
A793C2
Mode S (octal)
51711702
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2030-03-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2023-03-16
    Certificate of registration issued as N588BJ.
  • 1957-07-22
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category).
  • 1946
    Manufactured (1946).
Overview

About N588BJ

N588BJ is a 1946 ERCO / Forney / Alon Ercoupe 415C (FAA model ERCOUPE 415-C), serial number 840. The FAA register lists Ercoupe LLC as the registrant in Orlando, Florida. The current certificate of registration was issued on March 16, 2023 and expires on March 31, 2030.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Continental A&C75 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category, dated July 22, 1957.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N588BJ.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N588BJ.

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.