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| Date: | Thursday 29 October 1970 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  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 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Other |
| Location: | Lake Rotorua, Rotorua -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - |
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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