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If the 337 was recorded and is on file with the FAA - as in this case - it
will not be LSA eligible since it is considered to have been upgraded to
the higher gross weight of the 415D. TCDS A-787 applies even though it's
still listed as a 415C on the AW Cert.

Tom Graziano
A&P, I.A.



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>> Ed Burkhart Wrote:
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> Aircraft Specification A-787 explicitly allows all the postwar 415-C and
> 415-CD models to be converted to 415-D and be allowed the 1400 lb. gross
> weight limit.  Many have been converted but whether they were done
> "officially" is open to debate since many of these never got a new
> airworthiness certificate.
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> The FAA CD has an approved 337 dated 6/4/77 that states "Up graded A/C
> N-93932 Ercoupe 415C to 415D model by authority of Skyport Aircoupe
> Service & Ercoupe Service Memorandum SMK-1, SMK48, SMK46 & SMK-3XX"
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> The latest (7/17/56) Airworthiness Certificate in the file has the ship
> listed as a 415-C.  So it appears that there was not a new airworthiness
> certificate issued after the modification.
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> Where does that leave an pilot who needs to operate the ship as a LSA?
> The C model is OK, but the D has a gross weight that puts it outside the
> LSA limits.
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> Dan Brown
> Annapolis, MD
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