Norman’s Cay - Norman’s Cay

On November 15, 1980 at 12:00 AM, Norman’s Cay - Norman’s Cay experienced a crash involving Curtiss C-46 Commando, operated by BWI Leasing, with the event recorded near Norman's Cay Exuma.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft had been flown to Norman's Cay Airport, Bahamas. The pilot was performing touch-and-goes at the airport when the aircraft touched down short. He execute a go-around, but clipped an earthen berm, tearing the left landing gear loose from its housing. The no.1 propeller blades contacted the runway. The aircraft banked left and gained little altitude. It cleared the runway and came down in shallow water. The wreck is still present off Norman's Cay. The complete story on: https://www.outislandlifebahamas.com/2017/03/the-plane-wreck-of-normans-cay/

Aircraft reference details include registration N355BY, MSN 30243, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 24.6188°, -76.8172°.