# Accident 20050907024019A: Amtr RUTANDEFIANT, Bloomfield, IN, September 7, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2005, 16:15 local time
- Place: Bloomfield, IN
- Airport: Shawnee Field Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0444° N, 87.0056° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0444&lon=-87.0056&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 RUTANDEFIANT
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,347 total, 10 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05LA257](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA257) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050907024019A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE NORTH END OF THE GRASS RUNWAY DURING TAKEOFF ROLL ENTERED THE CORNFIELD AND BURNED. PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 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…

## Other reports on N219DF (2)

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

- [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…

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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