- Date
- July 27, 1986, 13:50 local (20:50 UTC)
- Place
- Llano, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N118PCCherry HP16
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 24932
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Analysis
The glider pilot departed on a local flight and the wreckage of his glider was spotted a little over an hour later. There were no known witnesses to the accident which occurred in VFR daylight conditions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N118PC
- Reported as
- Cherry HP16
- Category
- Glider, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 11
- Airframe hours
- 11
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Paul J. Cherry
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · April 2, 1986 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- LO1 · Llano, CA
N118PCRegistration cancelled Jun 12, 2013 · Cherry Paul J HP-16Airframe modelCherry Paul J HP-16Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 83 total · 12 in this make and model · 61 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg