NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ANC71AA001
Registry · N154R
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
SILVERLIGHT AVIATION LLC AR-1
Year of manufacture
2020
Engine
ROTAX 912 SERIES (80 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20201212
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0DA82
Registrant of record
MURPHYS AUTO GYRO SALES LLC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Historical record (pre-1982)
NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.
Aircraft
DOUGLAS DC-3 · N154R
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
G
Airport
MCGRATH
Kind of flying
CD
Weather at impact
Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
170° / 4 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000006156
Total time
8,506 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
11,700
Age
45
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
OBSD ON RWY R GR RETRACTING,PROP HIT RNWY.
Investigator remarks
PLT ROTATED V2,REDUCED PWR,CO-PLT RAISED GR.ACFT
Cause factors
- 64/C/08 C PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Cause
- 83/B/I B TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.
Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket
3 1501.
Source file
NTSB_1970_3_1501.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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