# N8371: 2013 Bernd A Foerster SONEX

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Bernd A Foerster SONEX](https://openairdocs.org/model/bernd-a-foerster-sonex) (registry code 05632AQ, 2 seats)
- Engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999)
- Serial number: 1338
- Year built: 2013
- Type: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: 4 cycle
- Kit: Sonex Aircraft LLC SONEX
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date: June 21, 2013
- Certificate issued: October 16, 2012
- Expires: October 31, 2028
- Mode S code: AB74D6
- Registered owner: [Foerster Bernd A](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/FOERSTER%20BERND%20A)
- Location: [Jacksonville, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Jacksonville)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 30.2586° N, 81.8782° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 32221, within about 4 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8371
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8371

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. ADs below are matched by the registry's airframe and engine model codes. They may apply; each AD's applicability can narrow it by serial number, part number or installed equipment. This is not a compliance determination.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs): 0 in force

### Matched by airframe (Bernd A Foerster SONEX)

None in force.

### Matched by engine (Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG)

None in force.

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations

None matched to N8371.

## NTSB investigations on N8371 not matched to an aircraft (1)

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 MIA79FLG06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FLG06), Dec 2, 1978: Fly Baby 1A (N8371), Moncks Corner, SC, destroyed, 1 fatal

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N8371.

## Reports on N8371 not matched to an aircraft (1)

They name N8371, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.

- [Accident 19781202036959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781202036959A), Dec 2, 1978: Kinner SPORTSTERK (N8371), Moncks Corner, SC, Destroyed. L wing separated.

## Service difficulty reports

None filed for this aircraft. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs)

None matched to this aircraft's models.

## Earlier aircraft with N8371

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N8371 before.

- [Cancelled (date not recorded)](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8371-undated): Hitchens C B EDI 90FT, S/N 686. Triennial form not returned

## Related

- Other Bernd A Foerster SONEX aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/bernd-a-foerster-sonex/aircraft.md
- The Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG engine: https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng.md

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