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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Yakima, WA · July 3, 2025

Date
July 3, 2025 · 15:56 local
Place
Yakima, WA
Airport
Yakima Air Terminal/Mcallister
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N19859
Reported as
Cessna 172M
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
1,550 total1,485 in this make and model179 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While evaluating a student pilot conduct a short field approach and landing, the student pilot landed prior to the runway threshold resulting in the aircraft striking a runway end identifier light. The flight instructor attempted corrective action just prior to the aircraft making contact with the surface and subsequent damage to the runway end identifier light. Minor aircraft damage as determined by NTSB.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE EVALUATING A STUDENT PILOT CONDUCT A SHORT FIELD APPROACH AND LANDING, THE STUDENT PILOT LANDED PRIOR TO THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT STRIKING A RUNWAY END IDENTIFIER LIGHT. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ATTEMPTED CORRECTIVE ACTION JUST PRIOR TO THE AIRCRAFT MAKING CONTACT WITH THE SURFACE AND SUBSEQUENT DAMAGE TO THE RUNWAY END IDENTIFIER LIGHT. MINOR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE AS DETERMINED BY NTSB.