Single-engine piston

N99853

1946 ERCO / Forney / Alon Ercoupe 415C

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1946
Serial
2476
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Continental C85 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Aviation Museum of Santa Paula (Corporation)
Based
Santa Paula, CA
1946 ERCO / Forney / Alon Ercoupe 415C
Representative photo of a ERCO / Forney / Alon Ercoupe 415C. Not a photo of N99853.
Registration record

N99853 on the FAA register

Type
1946 ERCO / Forney / Alon Ercoupe 415C (FAA: Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C)
Serial
2476
Engines
Continental C85 series
Registered owner
Aviation Museum of Santa Paula
Santa Paula, CA
Certificate issued
2018-07-26
Airworthiness date
1956-05-03
Registration expires
2028-07-31
Airworthiness class
Standard
Mode S (hex)
ADF37E
Mode S (octal)
53371576
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-07-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2018-07-26
    Certificate of registration issued as N99853.
  • 1956-05-03
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category).
  • 1946
    Manufactured (1946).
Overview

About N99853

N99853 is a 1946 ERCO / Forney / Alon Ercoupe 415C (FAA model ERCOUPE 415-C), serial number 2476. The FAA register lists Aviation Museum of Santa Paula as the registrant in Santa Paula, California. The current certificate of registration was issued on July 26, 2018 and expires on July 31, 2028.

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 May 3, 1956.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N99853.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N99853.

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.