Cessna 172F accident near Battle Ground, WA

On September 26, 2025, a Cessna 172F (airplane) was involved in an accident near Battle Ground, WA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.

Date

September 26, 2025

Place

Battle Ground, WA

Aircraft

Cessna 172F · Airplane

Injuries

1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor

Damage

Destroyed

Position

45.827°N, 122.578°W

NTSB ID

20250926201729

NTSB summary

On September 26, 2025, about 1306, Pacific daylight time a Cessna 172F, N8219U, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Battle Ground, Washington. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. Preliminary ADS-B data (see figure 1) indicated that after departure from Southwest Regional Airport, Kelso, Washington (KLS), the airplane flew southeast along the Columbia River to Goheen Airport, Battle Ground, Washington (W52) which is at a field elevation of 292 ft mean sea level (msl). ADS-B data showed that the airplane approached W52 from the northeast at an altitude of 1,800 ft msl on an approximate 45° angle to the runway. At 1300:30, as the airplane was about 700 ft east of the approach end of runway 15, a left turn was initiated to a southerly heading, parallel to the runway, at an altitude of about 800 ft msl. The airplane’s flight track remained parallel to the runway until a left turn was initiated to the crosswind leg of the airport traffic pattern at 1300:55. The airplane continued a left turn to the downwind leg of the airport traffic pattern and climbed to 1,400 ft msl, before it began a descending left turn to the base leg of the traffic pattern at about 1302:05. The airplane continued the descending left turn, onto final for runway 15. ADS-B contact was lost at 1303:27, as the airplane was about 300 ft msl, and 642 north of the approach end of runway 15. Video surveillance footage showed the airplane cross the runway threshold about 10 ft above ground level, perform a touc

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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.