Miami – Bimini – Matthew Town – Oranjestad

On April 5, 1966 at 12:00 AM, Miami – Bimini – Matthew Town – Oranjestad experienced a crash involving North American B-25 Mitchell, operated by Kimex, with the event recorded near Bahamas All Bahamas.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The aircraft was completing a cargo flight from Miami to Oranjestad (Aruba) with intermediate stops in Bimini and Matthew Town (Great Inagua Island), carrying two pilots and a load of frozen chickens, eggs and plane parts. Few minutes after takeoff from Bimini Airport, while in cruising altitude, the crew informed ATC about his position vertical to Andros Island when contact was lost shortly later. SAR operations were conducted but eventually suspended few days later as no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.

Aircraft reference details include registration N92877, MSN 82-5228, year of manufacture 1941.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 26.5418°, -78.6966°.