Single-engine piston

N738

1946 ERCO / Forney / Alon Ercoupe 415C

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1946
Serial
1788
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Continental C85 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Massey Air Museum Inc (Corporation)
Based
Massey, MD
1946 ERCO / Forney / Alon Ercoupe 415C
Representative photo of a ERCO / Forney / Alon Ercoupe 415C. Not a photo of N738.
Registration record

N738 on the FAA register

Type
1946 ERCO / Forney / Alon Ercoupe 415C (FAA: Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C)
Serial
1788
Engines
Continental C85 series
Registered owner
Massey Air Museum Inc
Massey, MD
Certificate issued
2017-07-26
Airworthiness date
1955-09-26
Registration expires
2027-07-31
Airworthiness class
Standard
Mode S (hex)
A9E8C2
Mode S (octal)
52364302
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-07-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2017-07-26
    Certificate of registration issued as N738 to the current registrant.
  • 1955-09-26
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category).
  • 1946
    Manufactured (1946).
  • 1930-05-01
    N738 previously assigned to a Homebuilt JN4D (s/n 214); cancelled.
Overview

About N738

N738 is a 1946 ERCO / Forney / Alon Ercoupe 415C (FAA model ERCOUPE 415-C), serial number 1788. The FAA register lists Massey Air Museum Inc as the registrant in Massey, Maryland. The current certificate of registration was issued on July 26, 2017 and expires on July 31, 2027.

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, dated September 26, 1955.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N738.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N738.

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.