Sarasota - George Town - Cap Haïtien

On June 1, 1991 at 10:16 AM, Sarasota - George Town - Cap Haïtien experienced a crash involving GAF Nomad N.24, operated by Agape Flights, with the event recorded near Matthew Town Inagua.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 66.7%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The twin engine aircraft was completing a charter flight from Sarasota to Cap Haïtien with an intermediate stop at George Town, Bahamas. Thirty minutes after takeoff from George Town Airport, while cruising at an altitude of 9,000 feet, the pilot informed ATC about the failure of the right engine and was cleared to divert to Matthew Town. On approach, the left engine also lost power and the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in the sea about 2 km offshore. The pilot was rescued and both passengers were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N8071L, MSN 44, year of manufacture 1977.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 20.9508°, -73.6776°.