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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 29, 2026Forney F-1
N7515C is a Forney F-1, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1957. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Palm Coast, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 19, 2023 and expires on June 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated November 6, 1957.
Where is it now Last seen October 10 at 10:37 am.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Forney
- Model
- F-1 · all F-1s and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. A later Ercoupe. This is how the Forney F-1 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 5626
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Cont Motor C90 SERIES · 95 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1957
- Cruising speed
- 90 mph
- Transponder code
- AA20CA (octal 52420312)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- June 19, 2023
- Expires
- June 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- June 19, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · November 6, 1957
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00782687
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Prater Jon Aaron
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 168 S Coopers Hawk Way
Palm Coast, FL 32164-2351
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N7515C links to the rest of the register
- Forney F-1 58 registered
- Forney 84 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Continental C90 series 2,149 aircraft with this engine series · 95 hp
- Palm Coast, FL 76 aircraft registered in this town
- Flagler Executive · FIN
- Florida 21,709 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Continental C90 series 6 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental C90 series 18 reports since 1995
- Where N7515C is now · Last seen October 10 at 10:37 am.
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N7515C.json.
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The public federal record on N7515C, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Prater Jon Aaron, an individual, certificate issued June 19, 2023, expires June 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate, dated November 6, 1957, consistent with the 1957 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5626 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N7515C according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
2 NTSB records under N7515C: Accident on November 11, 1995 at Estherville, IA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 24, 1987 at Omaha, NE: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Forney F-1 · operated under 091
the pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing. A factor associated with the accident was the crosswind condition.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Forney ERCOUPE · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 29, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data