# Accident 19760417015242A: Sphrth CIRRUS, Hemet, CA, April 17, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 1976
- Place: Hemet, CA
- Airport: Hemet-Ryan
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 33.7340° N, 117.0223° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HEMET-RYAN (HMT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7340&lon=-117.0223&mi=10
- Aircraft: N240F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N240F-1976-07-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schempp-Hirth CIRRUS (registry code 38019VC, https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-cirrus) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SPHRTH CIRRUS
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 50 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX76AL072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76AL072) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760417015242A

## Narrative

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

CNTRLINE WHEEL. N240F FLEW PATTERN,N86810 MADE LONG STRAIGHT IN APCH.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N86810, Blanca 7GCBC: [Accident 19760417015241A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760417015241A)

## 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 LAX76AL072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76AL072), Apr 17, 1976: Schemp Cirrus (N240F), Hemet, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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