20021019028629A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtr Defiant · Denver, CO · October 19, 2002

Date: October 19, 2002 · 12:45 local
Place: Denver, CO
Airport: Front Range Airport
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N219DF
NTSB investigation: NTSBDEN03LA010
Reported as: Amtr Defiant

N219DFRegistration cancelled May 20, 2015 · Hildebrant Earl L DEFIANT RUTANS/N 039 Airframe modelHildebrant Earl L DEFIANT RUTAN

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-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 lower the nose landing gear prior to touchdown.

As the FAA filed it

(-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 LOWER THE NOSE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB DEN03LA010Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportWatkins, 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,…Oct 19, 2002 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N219DF · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 20050907024019ATakeoff Ground Roll · Bloomfield, IN(-23) Aircraft departed the north end of the grass runway during takeoff roll entered the cornfield and burned. Pilot was fatally injured.Sep 7, 2005 · Reported as Amtr Rutandefiant · Destroyed · 1 fatal Accident 20020821023039AErie, 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.Aug 21, 2002 · Reported as Amtr Rutandefiant · Substantial damage