Date:	Thursday 7 January 1982
Time:	16:51
Type:	Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk
Owner/operator:	Waitemata Aero Club
Registration:	ZK-WAC
MSN:	38-78A0723
Engine model:	Lycoming O-235
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Aircraft missing
Category:	Accident
Location:	Missing, Auckland -   New Zealand
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	NZAR
Destination airport:	NZAR
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
The Tomahawk took off from Ardmore aerodrome late in the afternoon for an hour's flying in the local training area to the southeast. It never returned, and no trace of WAC or its 20 year-old pilot Paul Clarke has ever been found.

1. NZ Serials.
2. www.findlostaircraft.co.nz/zk-wac.html
3. King, John (1995). Aviation Accidents and Disasters. New Zealand Tragedies. Wellington: Grantham House. pp. 124-125. ISBN 1 86934 042 6.
4. Aircraft Accident Report No. 82-003

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
20-Feb-2009 04:06	angels one five	Added
22-May-2009 02:33	XLerate	Updated
24-May-2009 22:55	XLerate	Updated
09-Jul-2010 08:52	angels one five	Updated [Location, Source, ]
24-Sep-2018 10:25	findlostaircraft	Updated [Cn, ]
16-Aug-2019 20:54	angels one five	Updated [Narrative, ]
08-Aug-2020 04:25	Ron Averes	Updated [Damage, ]
08-Oct-2021 22:40	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, ]
16-Feb-2022 04:21	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, ]