# Taylor-Ide Daniel RUTAN DEFIANT

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 056905V
- Manufacturer (registry): TAYLOR-IDE DANIEL
- Model: RUTAN DEFIANT
- Aircraft type: Fixed wing single engine
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 5
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/taylor-ide-daniel-rutan-defiant

Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs)

Matched to this model by model name and maker. Each AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

None matched.

## Registered aircraft

None registered with this model now.

## NTSB investigations (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 CHI97LA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA234), Aug 2, 1997: Rutan Defiant (N20SR), Alma, MI, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilot did not perform an adequate preflight check and he did not perform the takeoff checklist. Factors included the pilot's inadequate design of the safety latch and the canopy inadvertently…

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

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 19970802020419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970802020419A), Aug 2, 1997: Amtr DEFIANT (N20SR), Alma, MI, Destroyed. Aircraft made emergency lanmding in a field and burned. (.4)the pilot reported the aircraft climbed out normally until it reached 500 feet above ground level…

## The same model under other registry codes

Amateur-built copies and renamed makers get their own codes.

- [Wilson Forrest RUTAN DEFIANT](https://openairdocs.org/model/wilson-forrest-rutan-defiant): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056072N
- [Loofbourrow John W RUTAN DEFIANT](https://openairdocs.org/model/loofbourrow-john-w-rutan-defiant): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05610MU
- [Du Pont P Bayard RUTAN DEFIANT](https://openairdocs.org/model/du-pont-p-bayard-rutan-defiant): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05612BF
- [Smale Christopher L RUTAN DEFIANT](https://openairdocs.org/model/smale-christopher-l-rutan-defiant): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05624EM
- [Rudik William J RUTAN DEFIANT](https://openairdocs.org/model/rudik-william-j-rutan-defiant): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05625OH
- [Foreman DG RUTAN DEFIANT](https://openairdocs.org/model/foreman-dg-rutan-defiant): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056314D
- [Donald Mrowzinski RUTAN DEFIANT](https://openairdocs.org/model/donald-mrowzinski-rutan-defiant): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05639FY
- [Rutan Aircraft Factory RUTAN DEFIANT](https://openairdocs.org/model/rutan-aircraft-factory-rutan-defiant): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05640ZV
- [Yost W F RUTAN DEFIANT](https://openairdocs.org/model/yost-w-f-rutan-defiant): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 0569021
- [Gray Charles B RUTAN DEFIANT](https://openairdocs.org/model/gray-charles-b-rutan-defiant): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05690T4
- [Sims Chas W RUTAN-DEFIANT](https://openairdocs.org/model/sims-chas-w-rutan-defiant): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05604GL
- [Eckberg D R/Marr R RUTAN DEFIANT](https://openairdocs.org/model/eckberg-d-r-marr-r-rutan-defiant): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05615XL

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