Incident Piper PA-18A-150 Super Cub f/p ZK-BPC,
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Date:Thursday 29 October 1970
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic PA18 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Piper PA-18A-150 Super Cub f/p
Owner/operator:Christchurch Central Flying School
Registration: ZK-BPC
MSN: 18-6171
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:Lake Rotorua, Rotorua -   New Zealand
Phase: Standing
Nature:-
Departure airport:-
Destination airport:-
Narrative:
Foundered overnight at its mooring due to waves whipped up by strong winds. Aircraft recovered and repaired.

Sources:

Don Stafford, 1983, Flying The Thermal Skies, Thermalart Productons

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
28 November 1962 ZK-BPC Otago Air Services Ltd 0 Temuka, Canterbury unk
23 September 1971 ZK-BPC Christchurch Charter Flying Services Ltd 0 Cascade River, West Coast unk
14 November 1971 ZK-BPC G C Jacobs & others 0 Arawhata River, West Coast unk
27 September 1986 ZK-BPC Whangarei Airport, Northland unk

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