# NTSB Accident CHI05LA257
> **Hildebrant Rutan Defiant** · 2005-09-07 · Bloomfield, IN, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI05LA257
- **Event ID:** 20050920X01497
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2005-09-07
- **Location:** Bloomfield, IN, USA
- **Coordinates:** 39.044445, -87.005554
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Hildebrant
- **Model:** Rutan Defiant
- **Registration:** N219DF
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## 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 with the airplane and the corn crop.

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