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    Airframe Family: Engineering and Research Corporation 415 Ercoupe / Mooney A2 / Forney F-1 / Alon A-2
    Latest Model:415C
    Construction Number:4517
    Last Civil Registration:N3816H
    Latest Owner or Location:Desert Aeroclub Llc, Maricopa, AZ

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    Dates

    Event

    1947

    Constructed as a 415C.

    1 April 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for N3816H (415-C, 4517) issued.

    By 1971

    To Paul J. Cowan, Denton, TX with new c/r N3816H.

    1 February 2002

    To Jennifer A. Green, Kalamazoo, MI keeping c/r N3816H.

    16 June 2006

    To Ricky D. Murphy, Bancroft, MI keeping c/r N3816H.

    10 June 2014

    To Ricky D. Murphy, Bancroft, MI keeping c/r N3816H.

    20 January 2015

    To Gateway Air Service Inc, Midland, MI keeping c/r N3816H.

    17 February 2015

    To Kenneth D. Hines, Windcrest, TX keeping c/r N3816H.

    21 January 2016

    To Merlin Investments Llc, Maricopa, AZ keeping c/r N3816H.

    4 March 2016


    Photographer: G.R.Dennis Price
    Notes: At the 2016 Cactus Fly-In at Casa Grande, Arizona

    14 December 2017

    To Desert Aeroclub Llc, Maricopa, AZ keeping c/r N3816H.

    10 September 2019

    Crashed.
    There were two serious injuries. The accident occurred at the Ak-Chin RGNL Airport (A39) Maricopa, AZ, United States while taking off. The damage was substantial. On September 10, 2019, about 0830 Mountain Standard Time, an Ercoupe 415-C, airplane, N3816H, impacted a building during departure from Ak-Chin Regional Airport (A39), Maricopa, Arizona. The pilot receiving instruction and the flight instructor were seriously injured. The airplane sustained substantial damage...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    3 April 2021

    Civil registration, N3816H, cancelled.


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