Aviation accidents in Bahamas

The NTSB database holds 248 accidents and incidents in Bahamas, recorded between 1982 to 2026. 70 of them were fatal (28%), and 206 people died.

The deadliest year was 2010, with 16 deaths.

The aircraft types that appear most often are Piper PA-23, Cessna 402 and Piper PA-31.

158 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

248

Records

Fatal

206

Deaths

28%

Share fatal

1982 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 90 of 248 have coordinates

By decade

1980s 40

1990s 85

2000s 45

2010s 36

2020s 42

Aircraft types involved

Piper PA-23 26 Cessna 402 23 Piper PA-31 10 Piper PA-32 8 Cessna 172 8 Piper PA-32R 6

Operators involved

Florida Air Cargo, Inc. 3 JetBlue Airways 3 Majors Air Services 2 Dean, Adrian 1 Randy L. Butler 1 5 J Aviation Services Llc 1

All 248 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
10 Jul 2026	Cessna 402C C6-FLX	Nicholls Town, Bahamas no coordinates	-	Fatal	10
9 Nov 2014	Gates Learjet 35A N17UF	Freeport, Bahamas	-	Fatal	9
5 Oct 2010	Cessna 402 C6NLH	Nassau, Bahamas	Lebocruise Air Limited	Fatal	9
25 Aug 2001	Cessna 402B N8097W	Marsh Harbour, Bahamas no coordinates	Blackhawk Intl Airways	Fatal	9
4 Jul 2019	Agusta AW139 N32CC	Big Grand Cay, Bahamas	Challenger Management LLC	Fatal	7
17 Jan 2018	Piper PA-23-250 N62769	Nicholls Town, Bahamas	Kingdom Airways LLC	Fatal	6
22 Mar 1998	Beechcraft 95-B55 N4314Y	North Eleuthera, Bahamas no coordinates	Sabofi Investment Corp.	Fatal	6
30 Jun 1991	Cessna U206 N90236	Missing, Bahamas no coordinates	Scavella, Earle J.	Fatal	6
19 Aug 1988	Partenavia P-68C N39272	Duncan Town, Bahamas no coordinates	M D Air Services, Inc.	Fatal	6
20 Jul 2002	Piper PA-32RT-300 N9738C	Atlantic Ocean, Bahamas	-	Fatal	5
7 Jan 1996	Cessna 172 N55475	Nassau, Bahamas no coordinates	Livingston MacKey	Fatal	5
14 Sep 1995	Cessna 402B N69303	Marsh Harbour, Bahamas no coordinates	Bimini Air Charters Inc.	Fatal	5
12 Oct 1993	Piper AEROSTAR 601P N60LN	Hog Cay, Bahamas no coordinates	Adderly, Lincoln S.	Fatal	5
18 Mar 1991	Cessna 402C N5785C	Treasure Cay, Bahamas no coordinates	Aero Coach	Fatal	5
7 Feb 1990	Mooney M20F N9370M	San Andros, Bahamas no coordinates	Communication Equip. Engineer	Fatal	5
4 Apr 1988	Cessna 421A N42A	Freeport, Bahamas no coordinates	Fowler, John Phillip	Fatal	5
15 May 2017	Mitsubishi MU2B N220N	Eleuthera, Bahamas	-	Fatal	4
18 Aug 2014	Cessna 340A N340MM	Freeport, Bahamas	Aqua Sun Investments Inc	Fatal	4
10 Nov 2013	Cirrus SR22 N432BC	Freeport, Bahamas	First Class Flyers LLC	Fatal	4
25 Mar 2012	Piper PA-32R-300 N8415C	Treasure Cay, Bahamas	Gregory Schwartzenberger	Fatal	4
10 Oct 1998	Cessna 172M N9728H	Freeport, Bahamas no coordinates	Mark Koral Holding Inc,. Ltd	Fatal	4
12 Apr 1997	Beechcraft A-36 N11RV	Pitts Town, Bahamas no coordinates	Frank J. Pocher	Fatal	4
31 Jul 1993	Piper PA-23-250 N2402Z	Marsh Harbor, Bahamas no coordinates	Cole, Wilber H.	Fatal	4
12 Jul 1985	Piper PA-32R-301 N8341L	Bahamas, Bahamas no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
5 Jun 2018	Cessna 421B N421MM	Rock Sound, Bahamas	HAT Investments LLC	Fatal	3
17 Jan 2010	Piper PA-32-300 N4219R	Bimini, Bahamas, Bahamas	-	Fatal	3
27 May 2004	Cessna 210B N9690X	Marsh Harbour, Bahamas	Jon M. Simpson	Fatal	3
5 Nov 1982	Beechcraft 65-B80 N1HQ	Missing Acft, Bahamas no coordinates	James Valentine	Fatal	3
12 Sep 2024	Piper PA-23-250 N555MH	Nassau, Bahamas	-	Fatal	2
5 Jul 2021	Iai 1124 N790JR	Treasure Cay, Bahamas	-	Fatal	2
5 Mar 2021	Piper PA-28-161 N2932Y	Acklin, Bahamas	-	Fatal	2
26 Sep 2017	Cessna 150 N3214X	Unknown, Bahamas	-	Fatal	2
19 Jun 2016	Piper PA 23-250 N63ZZ	South Bimini, Bahamas	-	Fatal	2
16 Jul 2012	Beechcraft B36TC N6703K	Nassau, Bahamas	Van Auto Inc	Fatal	2
14 Dec 2010	Beechcraft TC-45J N38L	Nassau, Bahamas	Monarch Air Group LLC	Fatal	2
25 May 2010	Piper PA23 N1526T	North Bimini, Bahamas	-	Fatal	2
18 Dec 2009	Dassault/Sud FALCON 20 N28RK	Matthew Town, Bahamas	-	Fatal	2
24 Mar 2008	Mooney M20C N2943L	Freeport, Bahamas	-	Fatal	2
10 Apr 2007	Piper PA-46-310P N444JH	Bird Cay, Bahamas	Ernest M. Kollmann	Fatal	2
13 Jul 2003	Cessna 402C N314AB	Treasure Cay, Bahamas	Air Sunshine, Inc.	Fatal	2
13 Dec 2002	Piper PA-23-250 N6568Y	Freeport, Bahamas	Bonheur Inc	Fatal	2
20 Jul 2000	Douglas DC-3 N54AA	Nassau, Bahamas no coordinates	Allied Air Freight, Inc.	Fatal	2
15 May 1996	Beechcraft 200 N1865D	Treasure Cay, Bahamas no coordinates	R & B Leasing Inc.	Fatal	2
16 Jan 1993	Beechcraft 95-B55B N99ZG	Walkers Cay, Bahamas no coordinates	Gann, Archie	Fatal	2
9 Aug 1988	Piper PA-23-250 N6737Y	Gr. Harbor Cay, Bahamas no coordinates	Kwin Aircraft Corp.	Fatal	2
9 Jun 2023	Piper PA-32R-301 N9253M	Stella Maris, Bahamas	-	Fatal	1
5 Jun 2022	Piper PA31 N711JW	Deadman's Cay, Bahamas	-	Fatal	1
17 Apr 2021	Piper PA-31-350 N827RD	South Bimini, Bahamas	-	Fatal	1
8 Nov 2018	Piper PA23 N8383C	Nassau, Bahamas	Global Aero Aircraft LLC	Fatal	1
14 Dec 2017	Cessna T210 N727TJ	West End, Bahamas	-	Fatal	1