ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 62660
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| Date: | Wednesday 11 September 1968 |
| Time: | 18:30 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-18A-150 Super Cub |
| Owner/operator: | J. Sinclair |
| Registration: | ZK-BPF |
| MSN: | 18-6192 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mussel Point Airstrip, West Coast -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| Mussel Point | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Instructor Bryan R. Antill was giving flying lessons to a student pilot, Jim Sinclair. Returning to land at Mussel Point, the student was on approach when the instructor took over the controls. Mr Antill opened the throttle and banked to the right, away from the runway and flying low towards a group of people working on a hut. Before reaching them, the left wing struck a refuelling boom and hose, the aircraft crashed upside down and caught fire. Jim Sinclair escaped the crash with burns, but Bryan Antill was killed. R.I.P.
Sources:
1. Civil Air Accident File 25/3/1898, Archives New Zealand
2. King, John (1995). Aviation Accidents and Disasters. New Zealand Tragedies. Wellington: Grantham House. pp. 168-169. ISBN 1 86934 042 6.
3. Brian conroy, 2015, Helicopters and Venison, The Copy Press.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 April 1959 | ZK-BPF | Airlift (NZ) Ltd | 0 | Ohariu Valley, Wellington 1 | |
unk |
| 14 March 1966 | ZK-BPF | A I Hawker | Cascade River, West Coast | |
unk | |
| 15 June 1966 | ZK-BPF | A I Hawker | Mussel Point, West Coast | |
unk | |
| 5 August 1966 | ZK-BPF | A I Hawker | Okuru, West Coast | |
unk | |
| 17 January 1967 | ZK-BPF | A I Hawker | Springs Junction, West Coast | |
unk |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 31-May-2009 00:56 | XLerate | Updated |
| 02-Mar-2010 19:54 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Phase, Source, Damage] |
| 01-Apr-2010 13:04 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Aug-2021 22:00 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 23-Sep-2021 06:41 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 05-Feb-2022 15:11 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 10-Feb-2022 14:12 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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