Belize City - Key West

On March 1, 1985 at 03:00 PM, Belize City - Key West experienced a crash involving Rockwell Grand Commander 680, operated by National Bank of Commerce, with the event recorded near Key West Florida.

The flight was categorized as private 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: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. A Coast Guard Falcon aircraft was on scene when the aircraft ditched in the Atlantic ocean due to fuel exhaustion. A life raft and marker were dropped by the Coast Guard aircraft. A search was conducted all day on 3/1/85 and was called off at sunset on on 3/2/85. The occupants were presumed to have been fatally injured or drowned. The aircraft was presumed to have been destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N709G, MSN 680-865-82, year of manufacture 1960.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 24.5548°, -81.8021°.