# Accident 20160606010739A: Bobbi Boucher DUO DEUCE, Fredericksburg, VA, June 6, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2016, 17:30 local time
- Place: Fredericksburg, VA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3922° N, 77.3167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3922&lon=-77.3167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N808DD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N808DD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bobbi Boucher DUO DEUCE (registry code 05632NX, https://openairdocs.org/model/bobbi-boucher-duo-deuce) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320-B1A (registry code 41907, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-b1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOBBI BOUCHER DUO DEUCE
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320-B1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,420 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA16LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16LA204) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160606010739A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ARRIVED AT RMN AT APPROXIMATELY 1950.  THE INITIAL REPORT FROM A FIRST RESPONDER WAS THAT AN EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT WAS DOING A HIGH SPEED TAXI AND BECAME AIRBORNE, CLEARED THE AIRPORT FENCE AND CRASHED JUST PRIOR TO INTERSTATE 95.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS INVERTED WITH THE LEFT ENGINE PARTIALLY DETACHED FROM THE NACELLE.  THE PILOT WAS SEVERELY  INJURED AND TAKEN TO AN AREA HOSPITAL.  THE ELT WAS STILL TRANSMITTING.  EFFORTS WERE MADE TO SILENCE THE DEVICE.  ONE OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS REMOVED AN ACCESS PANEL TO REMOVE THE ELT AND DISABLED IT.

AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT INDICATED THAT WHEN IT LANDED IN A SOFT MULCHED AREA, THE NOSE GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING THE NOSE TO DIG INTO THE GROUND, SHATTERING THE PROPELLOR AND THE  NOSE CONE, FLIPPING THE AIRCRAFT INVERTED.  DURING THIS TIME, THE PLEXIGLASS CANOPY ALSO SHATTERED.   VISIBLE FUEL WAS LEAKING  FROM THE DETACHED LEFT  ENGINE  NACELLE AREA.  THIS FUEL HAD A LIGHT BLUE TINT INDICATING 100LL.

IN A VERBAL STATEMENT GIVEN TO THE VA STATE POLICE AT THE HOSPITAL, THE PIC STATED THAT SHE TOOK OFF AND WAS CLIMBING IN ALTITUDE.  THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, BOTH ENGINES FAILED.  SHE TURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT AND SAW AN OPEN FIELD WHERE SHE PUT IT DOWN ON THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ON ITS TOP.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 ERA16LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16LA204), Jun 6, 2016: Bobbi Boucher DUO Deuce (N808DD), Stafford, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to attain adequate airspeed during the initial climb after takeoff, which led to the airplane exceeding its critical angle of attack and experiencing an aerodynamic stall.

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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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