Andros Town – West Palm Beach

On October 4, 1979 at 12:00 AM, Andros Town – West Palm Beach experienced a crash involving Rockwell Aero Commander 500, operated by Iron Bird, with the event recorded near Atlantic Ocean All World.

The flight was categorized as ferry 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.

The listed crash cause is weather. While in cruising flight between Andros Town and West Palm Beach, the pilot encountered poor weather conditions when the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in the Florida Strait. SAR operations were initiated but no trace of the aircraft nor the pilot was found. The wreckage was not recovered.

Aircraft reference details include registration N3815C, MSN 500-771, year of manufacture 1959.