C172 pilot reported striking a runway threshold light while practicing short field landings.

Attributes
ACN	1425887
Time
Date	201702
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 5 Flight Crew Type 520
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Object Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft

Narrative:

While practicing a short field landing the left main tire struck a threshold light at the edge of the runway. I was too low and struck the light during my round out. I should have anticipated the loss of lift as winds at 100 feet aloft were much stronger than the surface winds. There was no damage to the plane. The threshold light was damaged beyond repair.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C172 pilot reported striking a runway threshold light while practicing short field landings.

Narrative: While practicing a short field landing the left main tire struck a threshold light at the edge of the runway. I was too low and struck the light during my round out. I should have anticipated the loss of lift as winds at 100 feet aloft were much stronger than the surface winds. There was no damage to the plane. The threshold light was damaged beyond repair.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.