Aircraft that carried N219DF · 2
The FAA can assign a mark to another aircraft once a registration is cancelled. No aircraft carries N219DF now.
NTSB investigations on N219DF · 3
Of this N-number, whichever aircraft carried it.
NTSB CHI05LA257Accident · 1 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportHildebrant Rutan Defiant · Bloomfield, INThe pilot's inadequate preflight planning which resulted in the airplane overrunning the end of the runway during the aborted takeoff. A factor to the accident was the pilot's lack of familiarity with the airplane and the corn crop.NTSB DEN03LA010Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHildebrandt Rutan/Defiant · Watkins, COthe pilot's failure to use the checklist, resulting in his forgetting to lower the nose landing gear. Contributing factors included the pilot's attention being diverted by the loss of oil pressure on the rear engine due to a broken oil pressure sensor line,…NTSB DEN02LA099Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHildebrandt Rutan/Defiant · Erie, COfailure of the normal braking system, resulting in the airplane departing the end of the runway. A contributing factor was the airplane's slow acceleration during the takeoff roll.
FAA incident reports on N219DF · 3
Filed on this N-number, whichever aircraft carried it. Each report names the aircraft it was matched to.
Accident 20050907024019AAmtr Rutandefiant · Bloomfield, IN(-23) Aircraft departed the north end of the grass runway during takeoff roll entered the cornfield and burned. Pilot was fatally injured.Accident 20021019028629AAmtr Defiant · Denver, CO(-23) Shortly after take off the rear engine started losing oil pressure. The pilot brought the rear engine to idle and started to set up for landing, the Front engine throttle cable broke and the engine went to full uncontrolled power. The piolot forgot to…Accident 20020821023039AAmtr Rutandefiant · Erie, CO(-23) The aircraft failed to accelerate to 80 plus knots within the normal takeoff distance. The pilot elected to abort, and the aircraft departed the end of the runway after it could not stop within the remaining distance.