# Final NTSB investigations: Hildebrant Earl L DEFIANT RUTAN

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB CHI05LA257](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA257.md): Hildebrant Rutan Defiant · Bloomfield, IN · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 7, 2005 · N219DF · Destroyed
  > 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 with the airplane and the corn crop.
- [NTSB DEN03LA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA010.md): Hildebrandt Rutan/Defiant · Watkins, CO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 19, 2002 · N219DF · Substantial damage
  > 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 the rear engine due to a broken oil pressure sensor line,…
- [NTSB DEN02LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02LA099.md): Hildebrandt Rutan/Defiant · Erie, CO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 20, 2002 · N219DF · Substantial damage
  > 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.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."completionStatus" = 'Completed'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('05690N7'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=05690N7&status=final

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