1958 Ercoupe F-1 AircoupeSingle-Engine Piston Aircraft • Fayetteville, NC, USA

This 1958 Forney F-1 Aircoupe, registration N7539C, serial number 5654, is offered at $28,000 with 1,929.5 hours total time since new on the airframe and 564 hours since major overhaul on its Continental C-90-12F engine. The listing describes unbroken logbooks dating to the 1958 delivery flight, with every FAA Form 337 and Airworthiness Directive documented, along with ten owners of record from delivery to present and no gaps. Both wing front spars have been replaced—the right in 1984 with a serviceable used spar of the same type per Form 337, and the left in 1998 with a new spar (P/N 14007-L)—each with new skin and rivets. The tail cone and...

Year: 1958

Make: Ercoupe

Series: F-1 Aircoupe

Model: F-1 Aircoupe

Tail #: N7539C

Serial #: 5654

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Specifications

Category: Single-Engine Piston

Intended Use: Classic / Antique, Recreational, Training

Flight Rules: VFR

Useful Load: 482 lbs

Seats: 2

Hours, Logs & Inspections

Total Time: 1,929 hrs

Engine 1 Time: 564 hrs (SMOH)

Prop 1 Time: 1,929 hrs

Logbook Status: Complete, unbroken logbooks from the 1958 delivery flight to present; every Form 337 and AD documented; original airframe, engine and propeller logbooks on hand

Inspection Status: Fresh annual completed June 1, 2026; no open airworthiness squawks; compressions 77, 78, 66, 72 over 80

Avionics

Comms

Narco MK 12D - MK TSO Nav/Comm paired with matched VOR/LOC indicator

GPS

Dynon D3 - portable Pocket Panel EFIS is the glareshield for and GPS

Transponder

Garmin GTX 320A - GTX Mode C transponder with altitude encoder

ADSB

uAvionix tailBeacon - 2020 ADS-B compliance via TSO TSO-certified 978 transmitter with its own WAAS GPS and LED position light.

EMS

Electronics International CHT - digital CHT

Additional Equipment

Battery

Concorde RG-35A - battery (Feb 2025)

Wheels and Brakes

Cleveland wheels/brakes

Wheel Fairings

Skyport Wheel Fairings - Services main and nose under STC SA1181GL; nose fairing installed, two mains have repairable damage

Fuel System

Auto Fuel STC, metal bowl gascolator

Lighting

Grimes belly strobe, LED tail position light, nav lights and panel flood lighting

Electrical System

Alternator-equipped

Engine Instruments

Forney tach with recording hour meter, Electronics International digital CHT, oil pressure, oil temperature, header tank sight gauge

Flight Instruments

Airspeed (freshly calibrated 2026), sensitive altimeter, vertical speed, directional gyro, magnetic compass

Exterior

Replacement RH engine cowling different paint scheme, some slight hail damage to upper engine cowl

Interior

Custom canopy cover, lightweight Fly-Away Cover

Transponder

Garmin GTX 320A - GTX Mode C transponder with altitude encoder

Brakes

Cleveland Disc Brakes - (SA1206GL); new linings

Alternator

Ford Alternator - and voltage regulator under STC SA1009NE

Oil Filter

TAF Spin-On Oil Filter Adapter - TAF STC SE7562SW

Shoulder Harnesses

Aero Fabricators shoulder harnesses and lap belts installed

Auto Fuel STC

Auto fuel STC placards added; auto fuel STC in place

Gascolator

Skyport metal bowl gascolator installed under STC SA01246CH

Strobe Light

Grimes fuselage belly strobe light system installed under STC SA881EA

ELT

Narco ELT-10 emergency locator transmitter; ELT battery replaced 2022

Intercom

SPA 400 intercom installed

Canopy Cover

Custom canopy cover (worn but useful) and lightweight Fly-Away Cover, new in bag

Interior & Exterior

Interior Year: 1984

Paint Year: 1984

Interior Notes: Interior is honest and serviceable. Worn but useful custom canopy cover comes with plane as well as lightweight Fly-Away Cover (new in bag). Interior Year 1984.

Exterior Notes: Paint is fair (1984); replacement RH engine cowling in a different paint scheme; slight hail damage to upper forward engine cowl (cosmetic only); surface corrosion addressed June 2026