1958 Ercoupe F1Single-Engine Piston Aircraft • Fayetteville, NC, USA

This 1958 ERCOUPE/FORNEY F1, registration N7539C, serial number 5654, presents as an honest, well-sorted example of the classic all-metal Aircoupe, currently priced at $28,000. With a VFR-only, two-seat configuration, it offers a 482 lb useful load against a 1,400 lb gross weight, cruising at 95 MPH while burning 5 gallons per hour—figures achieved with an auto fuel STC in place. Total time on the airframe is 1933 hours, with the engine having 568 hours since a major overhaul in 2008. The aircraft is hangared and was last painted in 1984, with the interior also dated to that year.

The airframe boasts a highly documented maintenance history,...

Year: 1958

Make: Ercoupe

Series: F1

Model: F1

Tail #: N7539C

Serial #: 5654

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Specifications

Category: Single-Engine Piston

Intended Use: Classic / Antique, Recreational

Flight Rules: VFR

Useful Load: 482 lbs

Seats: 2

Hours, Logs & Inspections

Total Time: 1,933 hrs

Engine 1 Time: 568 hrs (SMOH)

Prop 1 Time: 1,933 hrs

Logbook Status: Complete, unbroken logbooks from day one - records go back to the factory test flights at Forney in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Inspection Status: Fresh Annual completed June 1, 2026

Avionics

Comms

Narco MK 12D - MK TSO Nav/Comm paired with matched ID-824 VOR/LOC indicator

GPS

Dynon D3 - A portable Pocket Panel EFIS is currently mounted the glareshield for backup attitude 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.

Additional Equipment

Battery

Concorde RG-35A - battery (Feb 2025)

Wheels and Brakes

Cleveland wheels/brakes

Wheel Fairings

Skyport Services main and nose wheel fairings

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

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. Replacement RH engine cowling different paint scheme. Some slight hail damage to upper engine cowl. The upper forward engine cowling shows cosmetic hail damage - appearance only, no structural or airworthiness impact. Year Painted 1984.