# Accident 20021019028629A: Amtr DEFIANT, Denver, CO, October 19, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 2002, 12:45 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Front Range Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7853° N, 104.5431° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7853&lon=-104.5431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N219DF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N219DF-2015-05-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hildebrant Earl L DEFIANT RUTAN (registry code 05690N7, https://openairdocs.org/model/hildebrant-earl-l-defiant-rutan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR DEFIANT
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN03LA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA010) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021019028629A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 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…

## Other reports on N219DF (2)

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

- [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 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…

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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