# Accident 20251011020059A: Cessna 140, Waterbury, CT, October 11, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 2025, 16:00 local time
- Place: Waterbury, CT
- Airport: Mount Toby
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6329° N, 73.0483° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6329&lon=-73.0483&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2812N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2812N) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 352 total, 197 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA26LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251011020059A

## Narrative

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

A CESSNA 140, 2 PLACE SINGLE ENGINE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A POLE MARKING THE END OF THE RUNWAY WHILE ATTEMPTING AN ABORTED TAKE-OFF FROM RUNWAY 17 AT N41 MT TOBE AIRPORT IN OXFORD, CONNECTICUT.  THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 4PM ON OCTOBER 11, 2025.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE BOTH UNINJURED.

## 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 ERA26LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA021), Oct 11, 2025: Cessna 140 (N2812N), Plymouth, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The plot’s failure to account sufficiently for the decrease in the airplane’s takeoff performance due to the wet turf runway, which resulted in a collision with a log barrier and subsequent nose over…

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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