# Accident 20240622008689A: Cessna 140, Thibodaux, LA, June 22, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 2024, 10:00 local time
- Place: Thibodaux, LA
- Airport: Thibodaux Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7476° N, 90.8332° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7476&lon=-90.8332&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77143, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N77143) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 202 total, 4 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA237) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240622008689A

## Narrative

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

TRAINING FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM KHUM (HOUMA) ABOUT 9:30 AM IN A CESSNA 140. THE PILOT AT THE CONTROLS WAS IN THE LEFT SEAT AND THE INSTRUCTOR WAS IN THE RIGHT SEAT. THEY FLEW TO L83 (THIBODAUX) TO PRACTICE TAKE-OFFS AND LANDINGS. THEY COMPLETED 2 LANDINGS TO A FULL STOP WITHOUT INCIDENT.  ON THE NEXT TAKE-OFF ROLL THE PILOT OVER-CONTROLLED FOR RUNWAY ALIGNMENT AND, IN THE PROCESS, PUT ON BREAKS WHICH CAUSED THE NOSE-OVER.  NEITHER OCCUPANT WAS INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 CEN24LA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA237), Jun 22, 2024: Cessna 140 (N77143), Schriever, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadvertent application of the toe brakes during the takeoff roll.

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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