Single-engine piston

N87423

1946 ERCO / Forney / Alon Ercoupe 415C

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1946
Serial
596
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Continental A&C75 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Texas Air and Space Museum Inc (Corporation)
Based
Amarillo, TX
1946 ERCO / Forney / Alon Ercoupe 415C
Representative photo of a ERCO / Forney / Alon Ercoupe 415C. Not a photo of N87423.
Registration record

N87423 on the FAA register

Type
1946 ERCO / Forney / Alon Ercoupe 415C (FAA: Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C)
Serial
596
Engines
Continental A&C75 series
Registered owner
Texas Air and Space Museum Inc
Amarillo, TX
Certificate issued
2016-08-11
Airworthiness date
1956-06-29
Registration expires
2029-08-31
Airworthiness class
Standard
Mode S (hex)
AC07EC
Mode S (octal)
53003754
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2029-08-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2016-08-11
    Certificate of registration issued as N87423.
  • 1956-06-29
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category).
  • 1946
    Manufactured (1946).
Overview

About N87423

N87423 is a 1946 ERCO / Forney / Alon Ercoupe 415C (FAA model ERCOUPE 415-C), serial number 596. The FAA register lists Texas Air and Space Museum Inc as the registrant in Amarillo, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on August 11, 2016 and expires on August 31, 2029.

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 June 29, 1956.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N87423.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N87423.

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.