# N219DF: Hildebrant Earl L DEFIANT RUTAN, registration cancelled 2015-05-20

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: May 20, 2015
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Hildebrant Earl L DEFIANT RUTAN](https://openairdocs.org/model/hildebrant-earl-l-defiant-rutan) (registry code 05690N7)
- Serial number: 039
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: September 26, 2002
- Last registry action: September 16, 2008
- Mode S code: A1DB42
- Owner when cancelled: [Benson Gregory A](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BENSON%20GREGORY%20A)
- Location: [Denver, CO](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CO/Denver)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 39.7674° N, 105.0197° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 80211, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N219DF
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=219DF
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N219DF-2015-05-20

From the FAA registry file of October 28, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Hildebrant Earl L DEFIANT RUTAN: https://openairdocs.org/model/hildebrant-earl-l-defiant-rutan.md

## NTSB investigations (3)

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 CHI05LA257](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA257), Sep 7, 2005: Hildebrant Rutan Defiant (N219DF), Bloomfield, IN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The 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…
- [NTSB DEN03LA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA010), Oct 19, 2002: Hildebrandt Rutan/Defiant (N219DF), Watkins, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the 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…
- [NTSB DEN02LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02LA099), Aug 20, 2002: Hildebrandt Rutan/Defiant (N219DF), Erie, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: failure 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 accident and incident reports (3)

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 20050907024019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050907024019A), Sep 7, 2005: Amtr RUTANDEFIANT (N219DF), Bloomfield, IN, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) Aircraft departed the north end of the grass runway during takeoff roll entered the cornfield and burned. Pilot was fatally injured.
- [Accident 20021019028629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021019028629A), Oct 19, 2002: Amtr DEFIANT (N219DF), Denver, CO, Substantial damage. (-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…
- [Accident 20020821023039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020821023039A), Aug 21, 2002: Amtr RUTANDEFIANT (N219DF), Erie, CO, Substantial damage. (-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…

## Other aircraft with N219DF

- [Cancelled 1993-07-20](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N219DF-1993-07-20): EZ Flyers Of Tennessee RUTAN DEFIANT, S/N 3462. Triennial form not returned. Owner: [Ez Flyers Of Tennessee Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/EZ%20FLYERS%20OF%20TENNESSEE%20INC), [Collegedale, TN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TN/Collegedale)

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