Fort Lauderdale - Great Inagua

On August 8, 1975 at 05:56 PM, Fort Lauderdale - Great Inagua experienced a crash involving Beechcraft D18, operated by Bush Aviation, with the event recorded near Atlantic Ocean All World.

The flight was categorized as executive/corporate/business and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. En route from Fort Lauderdale to Great Inagua Island, the pilot reported he was short of fuel. Radar contact was lost after the airplane crashed in to the sea. SAR operations were conducted but eventually suspended after few days as no trace of the airplane nor the three occupants was found.

Aircraft reference details include registration N80006, MSN A-65, year of manufacture 1946.