# NTSB Accident DEN02LA099
> **Hildebrandt Rutan/Defiant** · 2002-08-20 · Erie, CO, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN02LA099
- **Event ID:** 20020903X01503
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2002-08-20
- **Location:** Erie, CO, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.010276, -105.047775
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Hildebrandt
- **Model:** Rutan/Defiant
- **Registration:** N219DF
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

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.

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