UNITED STATES
                SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     WASHINGTON,  D. C.   20549

                             FORM 10-Q

  /x/    Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
         Securities Exchange Act of 1934

         For the quarterly period ended September 30, 1995, or

  / /    Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
         Securities Exchange Act of 1934

         For the transition period from _______ to _______

                    Commission File No. 33-3353C

                     PARKER & PARSLEY 86-C, LTD.
       (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

             Texas                              75-2142283
(State or other jurisdiction of              (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)           Identification Number)

        303 West Wall, Suite 101,
             Midland, Texas                        79701
(Address of principal executive offices)         (Zip code)

Registrant's Telephone Number, including area code: (915)683-4768

                           Not applicable
           (Former name, former address and former fiscal year,
                     if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to
such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
                      Yes    /x/    No   / /

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                        PARKER & PARSLEY 86-C, LTD.
                       (A Texas Limited Partnership)

                       Part I. Financial Information

Item 1.   Financial Statements

                              BALANCE SHEETS

                                                    September 30,   December 31,
                                                        1995           1994
                                                     (Unaudited)
                 ASSETS

Current assets:
  Cash and cash equivalents, including interest
    bearing deposits of $120,491 at September 30
    and $67,192 at December 31                      $   120,699     $   67,305
  Accounts receivable - oil and gas sales               145,453        164,132
                                                     ----------      ---------
          Total current assets                          266,152        231,437

Oil and gas properties - at cost, based on the
  successful efforts accounting method               15,560,802     15,864,179
    Accumulated depletion                           (10,349,660)   (10,046,059)
                                                     ----------     ----------
          Net oil and gas properties                  5,211,142      5,818,120
                                                     ----------     ----------
                                                    $ 5,477,294    $ 6,049,557
                                                     ==========     ==========
LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' CAPITAL

Current liabilities:
  Accounts payable - affiliate                      $   146,043    $    94,043

Partners' capital:
  Limited partners (19,317 interests)                 5,279,247      5,897,267
  Managing general partner                               52,004         58,247
                                                     ----------     ----------
                                                      5,331,251      5,955,514
                                                     ----------     ----------
                                                    $ 5,477,294    $ 6,049,557
                                                     ==========     ==========



     The financial information included as of September 30, 1995 has been
     prepared by management without audit by independent public accountants.

     The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

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                          PARKER & PARSLEY 86-C, LTD.
                         (A Texas Limited Partnership)

                           STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                                 (Unaudited)


                                 Three months ended       Nine months ended
                                    September 30,           September 30,
                                  1995        1994        1995         1994

Revenues:
  Oil and gas sales            $ 324,985   $ 398,227   $1,093,317   $1,143,352
  Interest income                  2,359       1,948        6,203        4,086
  Salvage income from equipment
   disposal                           -           -         4,257       12,529
                                --------    --------    ---------    ---------
     Total revenues              327,344     400,175    1,103,777    1,159,967

Costs and expenses:
  Production costs               217,486     212,038      625,706      667,215
  General and administrative
   expenses                        9,750      11,947       32,800       34,301
  Depletion                      124,975     110,890      448,330      429,919
  Loss (gain) on abandoned
   property                      (21,895)         -       119,491           -
  Abandoned property costs           327          -        11,068           -
                                --------    --------    ---------    ---------
     Total costs and expenses    330,643     334,875    1,237,395    1,131,435
                                --------    --------    ---------    ---------
Net income (loss)              $  (3,299)  $  65,300   $ (133,618)  $   28,532
                                ========    ========    =========    =========
Allocation of net income (loss):
  Managing general partner     $     (33)  $     653   $   (1,336)  $      285
                                ========    ========    =========    =========

  Limited partners             $  (3,266)  $  64,647   $ (132,282)  $   28,247
                                ========    ========    =========    =========
Net income (loss) per limited
  partnership interest         $    (.17)  $    3.34   $    (6.85)  $     1.46
                                ========    ========    =========    =========
Distributions per limited
  partnership interest         $    7.20   $   10.31   $    25.15   $    27.38
                                ========    ========    =========    =========



     The financial information included herein has been prepared by
     management without audit by independent public accountants.

     The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

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                          PARKER & PARSLEY 86-C, LTD.
                         (A Texas Limited Partnership)

                        STATEMENTS OF PARTNERS' CAPITAL
                                 (Unaudited)



                                          Managing
                                          general      Limited
                                          partner      partners       Total


Balance at January 1, 1994              $   65,329    $6,598,251    $6,663,580

    Distributions                           (5,342)     (528,903)     (534,245)

    Net income                                 285        28,247        28,532
                                         ---------     ---------     ---------
Balance at September 30, 1994           $   60,272    $6,097,595    $6,157,867
                                         =========     =========     =========


Balance at January 1, 1995              $   58,247    $5,897,267    $5,955,514

    Distributions                           (4,907)     (485,738)     (490,645)

    Net loss                                (1,336)     (132,282)     (133,618)
                                         ---------     ---------     ---------
Balance at September 30, 1995           $    52,004   $5,279,247    $5,331,251
                                         ==========    =========     =========



     The financial information included herein has been prepared by
     management without audit by independent public accountants.

     The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

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                         PARKER & PARSLEY 86-C, LTD.
                        (A Texas Limited Partnership)

                          STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                                (Unaudited)


                                                         Nine months ended
                                                            September 30,
                                                         1995          1994

Cash flows from operating activities:

  Net income (loss)                                  $ (133,618)    $   28,532
  Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to
    net cash provided by operating activities:
      Depletion                                         448,330        429,919
      Loss on abandoned property                        119,491             -
      Salvage income from equipment disposal             (4,257)       (12,529)
  Changes in assets and liabilities:
      Decrease in accounts receivable                    18,679         18,902
      Increase in accounts payable                       53,379         40,479
                                                      ---------      ---------
       Net cash provided by operating activities        502,004        505,303

Cash flows from investing activities:

  Disposals of oil and gas properties                    12,565            737
  Proceeds from salvage income from equipment
    disposal                                              4,257         12,529
  Proceeds from equipment salvage on abandoned
    property                                             25,213             -
                                                      ---------      ---------
       Net cash provided by investing activities         42,035         13,266

Cash flows from financing activities:

  Cash distributions to partners                       (490,645)      (534,245)
                                                      ---------      ---------
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents     53,394        (15,676)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period         67,305        149,143
                                                      ---------      ---------
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period           $  120,699     $  133,467
                                                      =========      =========



     The financial information included herein has been prepared by
     management without audit by independent public accountants.

     The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

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                          PARKER & PARSLEY 86-C, LTD.
                         (A Texas Limited Partnership)

                         NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                               September 30, 1995
                                   (Unaudited)


NOTE 1.

In the opinion of management, the unaudited financial statements as of September
30,  1995 of  Parker  &  Parsley  86-C,  Ltd.  (the  "Registrant")  include  all
adjustments and accruals consisting only of normal recurring accrual adjustments
which are  necessary  for a fair  presentation  of the  results  for the interim
period.  However,  the results of operations for the nine months ended September
30, 1995 are not necessarily  indicative of the results for the full year ending
December 31, 1995.

The  financial  statements  should  be read in  conjunction  with the  financial
statements and the notes thereto  contained in the  Registrant's  Report on Form
10-K for the year ended  December 31,  1994,  as filed with the  Securities  and
Exchange  Commission,  a copy of which is  available  upon request by writing to
Steven L. Beal, Senior Vice President,  303 West Wall, Suite 101, Midland, Texas
79701.

NOTE 2.

On May 25,  1993,  a final  settlement  agreement  was  negotiated,  drafted and
finally  executed,  ending litigation which had begun on September 5, 1989, when
the Registrant  filed suit along with other parties against Dresser  Industries,
Inc.;  Titan  Services,  Inc.;  BJ-Titan  Services  Company;  BJ-Hughes  Holding
Company;  Hughes Tool Company;  Baker Hughes Production  Tools,  Inc.; and Baker
Hughes  Incorporated  alleging that the defendants had  intentionally  failed to
provide the materials and services  ordered and paid for by the  Registrant  and
other parties in connection with the fracturing and acidizing of 523 wells,  and
then  fraudulently  concealed the shorting  practice  from the managing  general
partner,  Parker & Parsley  Development L.P. ("PPDLP") (see Item 2). The May 25,
1993  settlement  agreement  called for a payment of $115 million in cash by the
defendants.  The managing general partner received the funds,  deducted incurred
legal expenses,  accrued  interest,  determined the general partner's portion of
the funds and calculated any inter- partnership  allocations.  A distribution of
$91,000,000 was made to the working interest  owners,  including the Registrant,
on  July  30,  1993.  The  limited  partners  received  their   distribution  of
$6,972,477, or $360.95 per limited partnership interest, in 1993.

On May 3, 1993,  Jack N. Price,  the  attorney  who  represented  Gary G. "Zeke"
Lancaster in the Federal  Court  lawsuit,  filed suit in State Court in Beaumont
against all of the plaintiff partnerships,  including the Registrant and others,
alleging his  entitlement to 12% of the  settlement  proceeds.  Price's  lawsuit
claim for  approximately  $13.8 million is  predicated  on a purported  contract
entered into with  Southmark  Corporation  in August 1988, in which he allegedly
binds  the  Registrant  and the  other  defendants,  as well  as  Southmark.  On
September 20, 1995, the

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Beaumont  trial  judge  entered a summary  judgment  against  Southmark  for the
$13,790,000  contingent fee sought by Price, together with prejudgment interest,
and also awarded Price an additional  $5,498,525 in attorneys'  fees.  Southmark
intends to vigorously  pursue appeal of the judgment.  The summary  judgment did
not give Price any relief  against the  Registrant,  and although PPDLP believes
the  lawsuit is without  merit and  intends to  vigorously  defend it,  PPDLP is
holding in reserve  approximately  12.5% of the total  settlement  pending final
resolution  of the  litigation  by the court.  Trial  against the  Registrant is
currently scheduled for April 1996.

ITEM 2.        MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
                 AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The Registrant was formed December 30, 1986. The managing general partner of the
Registrant  at  December  31,  1994 was  Parker &  Parsley  Development  Company
("PPDC")  which was merged  into  PPDLP on January 1, 1995.  On January 1, 1995,
PPDLP, a Texas limited partnership,  became the sole managing general partner of
the  Registrant,  by acquiring the rights and assuming the  obligations of PPDC.
PPDLP acquired PPDC's rights and obligations as managing  general partner of the
Registrant  in  connection  with the merger of PPDC,  P&P  Producing,  Inc.  and
Spraberry  Development  Corporation  into MidPar LP.,  which survived the merger
with a change of name to PPDLP.  The sole  general  partner of PPDLP is Parker &
Parsley Petroleum USA, Inc. PPDLP has the power and authority to manage, control
and  administer  all  Registrant  affairs.   The  limited  partners  contributed
$19,317,000  representing 19,317 interests ($1,000 per interest) sold to a total
of 1,466 limited partners.

Since its formation,  the Registrant  invested  $16,031,986 in various prospects
that were  drilled in Texas.  At  September  30,  1995,  the  Registrant  had 58
producing oil and gas wells.  Two wells have been abandoned due to  uneconomical
operations; one well in 1995 and one in 1992.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Nine months ended September 30, 1995 compared with nine months ended
   September 30, 1994

REVENUES:

The  Registrant's  oil and gas revenues  decreased to $1,093,317 from $1,143,352
for the nine months ended September 30, 1995 and 1994, respectively,  a decrease
of 4%. The decrease in revenues  resulted from an 11% decrease in barrels of oil
produced  and sold, a 7% decrease in mcf of gas produced and sold and a decrease
in the average  price  received  per mcf of gas,  offset by a 9% increase in the
average  price  received per barrel of oil. For the nine months ended  September
30, 1995, 43,671 barrels of oil were sold compared to 49,131 for the same period
in 1994, a decrease of 5,460  barrels.  For the nine months ended  September 30,
1995,  203,215  mcf of gas were sold  compared to 217,763 for the same period in
1994,  a decrease of 14,548 mcf.  The  decrease in oil and gas produced and sold
was  due  to the  decline  characteristics  of  the  Registrant's  oil  and  gas
properties.  Because  of these  characteristics,  management  expects  a certain
amount of decline in production to continue in the future until the Registrant's
economically recoverable reserves are fully depleted.

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The average  price  received per barrel of oil  increased 9% from $15.81 for the
nine months ended September 30, 1994 to $17.27 for the same period in 1995 while
the average price  received per mcf of gas decreased  from $1.68 during the nine
months ended  September 30, 1994 to $1.67 in 1995.  The market price for oil and
gas has been extremely  volatile in the past decade,  and  management  expects a
certain  amount  of  volatility  to  continue  in the  foreseeable  future.  The
Registrant  may  therefore  sell its  future oil and gas  production  at average
prices lower or higher than that received during the nine months ended September
30, 1995.

Salvage  income of $4,257  for the nine  months  ended  September  30,  1995 was
received from the disposal of equipment on one fully depleted well. For the same
period  ended  September  30,  1994,  $12,529 in  salvage  income  consisted  of
equipment  credits  received of $210 on one well  abandoned  in a prior year and
$12,319 received from the disposal of equipment on one fully depleted well.

COSTS AND EXPENSES:

Total costs and  expenses  increased  to  $1,237,395  for the nine months  ended
September  30, 1995 as compared to  $1,131,435  for the same period in 1994,  an
increase of $105,960,  or 9%. This  increase was due to increases in  depletion,
loss on abandoned property and abandoned  property costs,  offset by declines in
production costs and general and administrative expenses ("G&A").

Production  costs were $625,706 for the nine months ended September 30, 1995 and
$667,215 for the same period in 1994,  resulting in a $41,509  decrease,  or 6%.
This  decrease was the result of declines in well repair and  maintenance  costs
and production and ad valorem taxes,  offset by an increase in workover  expense
incurred in an effort to stimulate well production.

G&A's  components are  independent  accounting and  engineering  fees,  computer
services,  postage and managing  general partner  personnel  costs.  During this
period, G&A decreased,  in aggregate,  4% from $34,301 for the nine months ended
September  30,  1994 to $32,800  for the same  period in 1995.  The  Partnership
agreement limits G&A to 3% of gross oil and gas revenues.

Depletion was $448,330 for the nine months ended  September 30, 1995 compared to
$429,919 for the same period in 1994. This  represented an increase in depletion
of $18,411,  or 4%. Depletion was computed  quarterly on a  property-by-property
basis utilizing the  unit-of-production  method based upon the dominant  mineral
produced,  generally  oil. Oil production  decreased  5,460 barrels for the nine
months ended September 30, 1995 from the same period in 1994.  Depletion expense
for the nine months ended  September 30, 1995 was  calculated  based on reserves
computed utilizing an oil price of $16.38 per barrel.  Comparatively,  depletion
expense  for the three  months  ended  September  30, 1994 and June 30, 1994 was
calculated  based on  reserves  computed  utilizing  an oil price of $18.30  per
barrel  while  depletion  expense for the three  months ended March 31, 1994 was
calculated  based on  reserves  computed  utilizing  an oil price of $12.80  per
barrel.

A loss on abandoned  property of $119,491 was recognized  during the nine months
ended  September  30,  1995.  This loss was the result of  proceeds  received of
$25,213 from  equipment  salvage on abandoned  property,  less the  write-off of
remaining capitalized well costs of $144,704.

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Expenses  incurred during the nine-month period ended September 30, 1995 to plug
and abandon one well totaled $11,068.  There was no abandonment activity for the
same period in 1994.

On May 25,  1993,  a final  settlement  agreement  was  negotiated,  drafted and
finally  executed,  ending litigation which had begun on September 5, 1989, when
the Registrant  filed suit along with other parties against Dresser  Industries,
Inc.;  Titan  Services,  Inc.;  BJ-Titan  Services  Company;  BJ-Hughes  Holding
Company;  Hughes Tool Company;  Baker Hughes Production  Tools,  Inc.; and Baker
Hughes  Incorporated  alleging that the defendants had  intentionally  failed to
provide the materials and services  ordered and paid for by the  Registrant  and
other parties in connection with the fracturing and acidizing of 523 wells,  and
then  fraudulently  concealed the shorting practice from PPDLP. The May 25, 1993
settlement  agreement  called  for a  payment  of  $115  million  in cash by the
defendants.  The managing general partner received the funds,  deducted incurred
legal expenses,  accrued  interest,  determined the general partner's portion of
the funds and calculated any  inter-partnership  allocations.  A distribution of
$91,000,000 was made to the working interest  owners,  including the Registrant,
on  July  30,  1993.  The  limited  partners  received  their  distribu  tion of
$6,972,477, or $360.95 per limited partnership interest, in 1993.

On May 3, 1993,  Jack N. Price,  the  attorney  who  represented  Gary G. "Zeke"
Lancaster in the Federal  Court  lawsuit,  filed suit in State Court in Beaumont
against all of the plaintiff partnerships,  including the Registrant and others,
alleging his  entitlement to 12% of the  settlement  proceeds.  Price's  lawsuit
claim for  approximately  $13.8 million is  predicated  on a purported  contract
entered into with  Southmark  Corporation  in August 1988, in which he allegedly
binds  the  Registrant  and the  other  defendants,  as well  as  Southmark.  On
September 20, 1995, the Beaumont trial judge entered a summary  judgment against
Southmark  for the  $13,790,000  contingent  fee sought by Price,  together with
prejudgment  interest,  and also  awarded  Price  an  additional  $5,498,525  in
attorneys' fees.  Southmark intends to vigorously pursue appeal of the judgment.
The summary  judgment did not give Price any relief against the Registrant,  and
although  PPDLP  believes the lawsuit is without merit and intends to vigorously
defend  it,  PPDLP is  holding  in  reserve  approximately  12.5%  of the  total
settlement  pending  final  resolution  of the  litigation  by the court.  Trial
against the Registrant is currently scheduled for April 1996.

Three months ended September 30, 1995 compared with three months ended
  September 30, 1994

REVENUES:

The  Registrant's  oil and gas revenues  decreased to $324,985 from $398,227 for
the three months ended September 30, 1995 and 1994, respectively,  a decrease of
18%.  The  decrease in revenues  resulted  from a 17% decrease in barrels of oil
produced and sold, a 10% decrease in mcf of gas produced and sold and  decreases
in the average  prices  received per barrel of oil and mcf of gas. For the three
months ended  September  30, 1995,  13,194  barrels of oil were sold compared to
15,836 for the same period in 1994, a decrease of 2,642  barrels.  For the three
months ended September 30, 1995,  69,136 mcf of gas were sold compared to 76,635
for the same period in 1994,  a decrease of 7,499 mcf.  The  decrease in oil and
gas production was due to the decline  characteristics  of the  Registrant's oil
and gas properties.


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The average price received per barrel of oil decreased  $.84, or 5%, from $17.35
for the three months ended  September  30, 1994 to $16.51 for the same period in
1995 while the average price received per mcf of gas decreased 4% from $1.61 for
the three months ended September 30, 1994 to $1.55 for the same period in 1995.

COSTS AND EXPENSES:

Total costs and  expenses  decreased  to  $330,643  for the three  months  ended
September  30,  1995 as compared  to  $334,875  for the same  period in 1994,  a
decrease of $4,232.  This  decrease  consisted of a decline in G&A and a gain on
abandoned  property,  offset by increases in  production  costs,  depletion  and
abandoned property costs.

Production costs were $217,486 for the three months ended September 30, 1995 and
$212,038  for the same period in 1994,  resulting in a $5,448  increase,  or 3%.
This  increase was the result of  increases  in workover  expense and ad valorem
taxes,  offset by a decrease in well repair and maintenance costs and production
taxes.

G&A's  components are  independent  accounting and  engineering  fees,  computer
services,  postage and managing  general partner  personnel  costs.  During this
period, G&A decreased, in aggregate, 18% from $11,947 for the three months ended
September 30, 1994 to $9,750 for the same period in 1995.

Depletion was $124,975 for the three months ended September 30, 1995 compared to
$110,890 for the same period in 1994. This  represented an increase in depletion
of $14,085, or 13%. Oil production  decreased 2,642 barrels for the three months
ended September 30, 1995 from the same period in 1994. Depletion expense for the
three months ended September 30, 1995 was calculated based on reserves  computed
utilizing  an oil price of $16.38 per barrel  while  depletion  expense  for the
three months ended September 30, 1994 was calculated based on reserves  computed
utilizing an oil price of $18.30 per barrel.

A gain on abandoned property of $21,895 for the three months ended September 30,
1995 consisted of equipment  credits received on one abandoned oil and gas well,
with costs to abandon the property of $327.  There was no  abandonment  activity
during the same period in 1994.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES

Net cash provided by operating  activities decreased to $502,004 during the nine
months ended  September  30, 1995, a $3,299  decrease from the same period ended
September 30, 1994.  This decrease was due to a decline in oil and gas sales and
an  increase  in G&A and  abandoned  property  costs,  offset  by  decreases  in
production  costs.  The  decline  in oil and gas sales  was due to a decline  in
barrels of oil and mcf of gas produced  and sold and  declining  average  prices
received for gas. The increase in G&A was due to more allocated  expenses by the
managing  general partner.  The increase in abandoned  property costs was due to
the plugging of one well in 1995.  The decrease in  production  costs was due to
less well repair and maintenance.

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NET CASH PROVIDED BY INVESTING ACTIVITIES

The Registrant  received $12,565 and $737 during the nine months ended September
30, 1995 and 1994,  respectively,  from the disposal of oil and gas equipment on
active properties.

Proceeds  from  salvage  income of $4,257 were  received  during the nine months
ended  September  30, 1995 from the sale of oil and gas  equipment  on one fully
depleted well.  For the same period in 1994,  total proceeds from salvage income
of $12,529  resulted  from the  disposal of oil and gas  equipment  on one fully
depleted  well of $12,319  and $210 from oil and gas  equipment  disposal on one
well abandoned in a prior year.

Proceeds of $25,213  were  received  from the salvage of  equipment  on one well
abandoned during the nine months ended September 30, 1995.

NET CASH USED IN FINANCING ACTIVITIES

Cash was  sufficient  for the nine  months  ended  September  30,  1995 to cover
distributions  to the partners of $490,645 of which $485,738 was  distributed to
the limited partners and $4,907 to the managing  general  partner.  For the same
period ended  September 30, 1994, cash was sufficient for  distributions  to the
partners of $534,245 of which $528,903 was  distributed to the limited  partners
and $5,342 to the managing general partner.

It is expected  that future net cash  provided by operating  activities  will be
sufficient for any capital expenditures and any distributions. As the production
from the properties declines, distributions are also expected to decrease.

ACCOUNTING STANDARD ON IMPAIRMENT OF LONG-LIVED ASSETS

In March 1995,  the Financial  Accounting  Standards  Board issued  Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 121 - Accounting for Impairment of Long-lived
Assets and for  Long-lived  Assets to Be Disposed Of ("FAS 121")  regarding  the
impairment of long-lived assets,  identifiable  intangibles and goodwill related
to those assets. FAS 121 is effective for financial  statements for fiscal years
beginning after December 15, 1995, although earlier adoption is encouraged.  The
application of FAS 121 to oil and gas companies utilizing the successful efforts
method (such as the Registrant) will require  periodic  determination of whether
the book value of long-lived  assets  exceeds the future cash flows  expected to
result from the use of such assets and,  if so, will  require  reduction  of the
carrying amount of the "impaired"  assets to their estimated fair values.  There
is currently a great deal of uncertainty as to how FAS 121 will apply to oil and
gas  companies  using  the  successful  efforts  method,  including  uncertainty
regarding  the  determination  of expected  future cash flows from the  relevant
assets and, if an impairment is determined to exist, their estimated fair value.
There  is also  uncertainty  regarding  the  level at  which  the test  might be
applied. Given this uncertainty,  the Registrant is currently unable to estimate
the effect that FAS 121 will have on the Registrant's  results of operations for
the period in which it is adopted.



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                         PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1.        LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

On May 25,  1993,  a final  settlement  agreement  was  negotiated,  drafted and
finally  executed,  ending litigation which had begun on September 5, 1989, when
the Registrant  filed suit along with other parties against Dresser  Industries,
Inc.;  Titan  Services,  Inc.;  BJ-Titan  Services  Company;  BJ-Hughes  Holding
Company;  Hughes Tool Company;  Baker Hughes Production  Tools,  Inc.; and Baker
Hughes  Incorporated  alleging that the defendants had  intentionally  failed to
provide the materials and services  ordered and paid for by the  Registrant  and
other parties in connection with the fracturing and acidizing of 523 wells,  and
then  fraudulently  concealed the shorting practice from PPDLP. The May 25, 1993
settlement  agreement  called  for a  payment  of  $115  million  in cash by the
defendants.  The managing general partner received the funds,  deducted incurred
legal expenses,  accrued  interest,  determined the general partner's portion of
the funds and calculated any  inter-partnership  allocations.  A distribution of
$91,000,000 was made to the working interest  owners,  including the Registrant,
on  July  30,  1993.  The  limited  partners  received  their  distribu  tion of
$6,972,477, or $360.95 per limited partnership interest, in 1993.

On May 3, 1993,  Jack N. Price,  the  attorney  who  represented  Gary G. "Zeke"
Lancaster in the Federal  Court  lawsuit,  filed suit in State Court in Beaumont
against all of the plaintiff partnerships,  including the Registrant and others,
alleging his  entitlement to 12% of the  settlement  proceeds.  Price's  lawsuit
claim for  approximately  $13.8 million is  predicated  on a purported  contract
entered into with  Southmark  Corporation  in August 1988, in which he allegedly
binds  the  Registrant  and the  other  defendants,  as well  as  Southmark.  On
September 20, 1995, the Beaumont trial judge entered a summary  judgment against
Southmark  for the  $13,790,000  contingent  fee sought by Price,  together with
prejudgment  interest,  and also  awarded  Price  an  additional  $5,498,525  in
attorneys' fees.  Southmark intends to vigorously pursue appeal of the judgment.
The summary  judgment did not give Price any relief against the Registrant,  and
although  PPDLP  believes the lawsuit is without merit and intends to vigorously
defend  it,  PPDLP is  holding  in  reserve  approximately  12.5%  of the  total
settlement  pending  final  resolution  of the  litigation  by the court.  Trial
against the Registrant is currently scheduled for April 1996.

ITEM 6.        EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

     (a)  Exhibits - none

     (b)  Reports on Form 8-K - none



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                        PARKER & PARSLEY 86-C, LTD.
                       (A Texas Limited Partnership)



                            S I G N A T U R E S



       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


                                    PARKER & PARSLEY 86-C, LTD.

                              By:   Parker & Parsley Development L.P.,
                                     Managing General Partner

                                    By:  Parker & Parsley Petroleum USA, Inc.
                                         ("PPUSA"), General Partner




Dated:  November 9, 1995      By:   /s/ Steven L. Beal
                                    -------------------------------------
                                    Steven L. Beal, Senior Vice President
                                     and Chief Financial Officer of PPUSA



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