Fort Lauderdale - Cat Island

On April 2, 1979 at 12:00 AM, Fort Lauderdale - Cat Island experienced a crash involving Beechcraft E18, operated by Bush Aviation, with the event recorded near Bahamas All Bahamas.

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

1 people were known to be on board, 1 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: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

While in cruising altitude on a flight from Fort Lauderdale to Cat Island, the twin engine airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off The Bahamas Islands. SAR operations were initiated but eventually suspended few days later as no trace of the aircraft nor the pilot was found.

Aircraft reference details include registration N4442, MSN BA-8, year of manufacture 1954.

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