I need to install some anchor plates into the glider, around a blind corner (a bulkhead flange) in cramped quarters.

https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/hapages/anchornutsk1000.php

It's easy to drop these small parts, and Murphys Law dictates that they fall into an inaccessible place.

Fortunately, you can run string through the mounting lugs to serve as a lanyard.

If you install an anchor nut on metal, you use rivets. On composite panels you often embed them in epoxy.

If you work in a wood shop, you probably use tee nuts:
https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/pnpages/04-02058.php

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