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
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Mussel Point Airstrip, West Coast -   New Zealand
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	Mussel Point
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
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.

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.

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

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, ]