# Dearinger Bill DUCE

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 056134A
- Manufacturer (registry): DEARINGER BILL
- Model: DUCE
- Aircraft type: Fixed wing single engine
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 2
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/dearinger-bill-duce

Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs)

Matched to this model by model name and maker. Each AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

None matched.

## Registered aircraft

None registered with this model now.

## NTSB investigations (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 FTW96LA308](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA308), Jul 16, 1996: Dearinger Duce (N85JD), Corning, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to arrest his rate of descent and his improper recovery from a bounced landing.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

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 19960716018009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960716018009A), Jul 16, 1996: N85JD, Corning, AR, Substantial damage. Aircraft made a hard landing, bounced, flipped over and broke wing.

## The same model under other registry codes

Amateur-built copies and renamed makers get their own codes.

- [Bakeng DUCE](https://openairdocs.org/model/bakeng-duce): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05611E7
- [Vanschoiack Aaron DUCE](https://openairdocs.org/model/vanschoiack-aaron-duce): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05632T0

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