Single-engine piston

N86997

1945 ERCO / Forney / Alon Ercoupe 415C

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1945
Serial
170
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Continental C85 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Co-owned · sign in to see
Based
Rockport, TX
1945 ERCO / Forney / Alon Ercoupe 415C
Representative photo of a ERCO / Forney / Alon Ercoupe 415C. Not a photo of N86997.
Registration record

N86997 on the FAA register

Type
1945 ERCO / Forney / Alon Ercoupe 415C (FAA: Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C)
Serial
170
Engines
Continental C85 series
Registered owner
Co-owned — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Rockport, TX
Certificate issued
2024-02-19
Airworthiness date
2001-03-07
Registration expires
2031-02-28
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
ABF3F9
Mode S (octal)
52771771
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-02-28
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2024-02-19
    Certificate of registration issued as N86997.
  • 2001-03-07
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 1945
    Manufactured (1945).
Overview

About N86997

N86997 is a 1945 ERCO / Forney / Alon Ercoupe 415C (FAA model ERCOUPE 415-C), serial number 170. It is registered to co-owners in Rockport, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on February 19, 2024 and expires on February 28, 2031.

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 March 7, 2001.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N86997.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N86997.

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.