Single-engine piston

N8501J

ERCO / Forney / Alon Ercoupe 415C

Registered No accidents on file
Built
—
Serial
720
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
1
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Belleview, FL
 ERCO / Forney / Alon Ercoupe 415C
Representative photo of a ERCO / Forney / Alon Ercoupe 415C. Not a photo of N8501J.
Registration record

N8501J on the FAA register

Type
ERCO / Forney / Alon Ercoupe 415C (FAA: Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C)
Serial
720
Engines
1
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Belleview, FL
Certificate issued
2000-08-03
Airworthiness date
1956-08-16
Registration expires
2028-02-29
Airworthiness class
Standard
Mode S (hex)
ABA9DC
Mode S (octal)
52724734
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-02-29
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2000-08-03
    Certificate of registration issued as N8501J to the current registrant.
  • 1970-06-24
    N8501J previously assigned to a Cessna 150G (s/n 15066401); cancelled.
  • 1956-08-16
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category).
Overview

About N8501J

N8501J is an ERCO / Forney / Alon Ercoupe 415C (FAA model ERCOUPE 415-C), serial number 720. It is registered to an individual in Belleview, Florida. The current certificate of registration was issued on August 3, 2000 and expires on February 29, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category, dated August 16, 1956.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N8501J. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1968-11-04 Accident · Fayetteville,Tenn, 42 Damage: Destroyed NTSB · 3 4795
Reported aircraft: Cessna 150G — a different aircraft that carried the N8501J registration before this airframe.
1967-04-18 Accident · Hays,Kans, 16 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 1245
Reported aircraft: Cessna 150 — a different aircraft that carried the N8501J 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.