# Incident 20250703007259I: Cessna 172M, Yakima, WA, July 3, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2025, 15:56 local time
- Place: Yakima, WA
- Airport: Yakima Air Terminal/Mcallister
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.5682° N, 120.5440° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Yakima Air Terminal McAllister Field (YKM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5682&lon=-120.5440&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19859, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N19859) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 1,550 total, 1,485 in this make and model, 179 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250703007259I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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