# NTSB LAX86FA307: Cherry HP16, N118PC, Llano, CA, July 27, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: July 27, 1986, 13:50 local (20:50 UTC)
- Place: Llano, CA
- Coordinates: 34.49015, -117.770553 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4901&lon=-117.7706&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24932
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX86FA307
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24932/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86FA307

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, unknown
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N118PC-2013-06-12), registration cancelled 2013-06-12, S/N 11, built 1986 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHERRY HP16
- Registry model: [Cherry Paul J HP-16](https://openairdocs.org/model/cherry-paul-j-hp-16) (registry code 05675Z3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider, amateur-built
- Serial number: 11
- Airframe hours: 11
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; 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

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.

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