# N87172: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 1
- Last cancelled: March 9, 2019
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=87172
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N87172

## Aircraft that carried N87172

- [Cancelled 2019-03-09](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N87172-2019-03-09): Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C, S/N 345, built 1946. Sale reported, canceled. Owner: [Xxx, OK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OK/Xxx)

## NTSB investigations on N87172 (3)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA15LA379](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA379), Aug 25, 2015: Engineering & Research Ercoupe 415 (N87172), Atlanta, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of airplane control, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB ERA13CA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA155), Mar 5, 2013: Engineering & Research Ercoupe 415-C (N87172), Newnan, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain proper visual lookout during taxi operations, which resulted in a collision with a parked airplane.
- [NTSB ERA10LA248](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA248), Apr 28, 2010: Engineering & Research Ercoupe 415-C (N87172), LaGrange, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to the pilot's inadequate preflight inspection and his failure to ensure that the fuel tank shut-off valve was open resulting in fuel starvation.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N87172 (3)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20150825017449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150825017449A), Aug 25, 2015: Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C (N87172), Newnan, GA, Substantial damage. According the passenger?s and pilot?s statement they had departed kcco (coweta county airport, Georgia) for a trip around the pattern. After a preflight…
- [Accident 20130305004821A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130305004821A), Mar 5, 2013: Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C (N87172), Newnan, GA, Substantial damage. On March 5, 2012 at approximately 11:30AM, [privacy data omitted]operator [privacy data omitted] was returning from a flight and taxing his aircraft (N87172),…
- [Accident 20100428035559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100428035559A), Apr 28, 2010: Engineering ERCOUPE 415 (N87172), La Grange, GA, Substantial damage. Aircraft N87172 took off from klgc runway 31. On the downwind leg the engine sputtered and stop. The pilot turn torwards the runway and landed stort of runway…

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