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 Cessna 310 6

Operators involved

Florida Air Cargo, Inc. 3 JetBlue Airways 3 Majors Air Services 2 Pleasure Flying Airways, Inc. 1 Friendly Skies Inc. 1 Atlantic Air Cargo Inc 1

All 248 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
12 Aug 2000	Beechcraft B200 N3199A	Spanish Cay, Bahamas no coordinates	Great Texas Food Inc.	No injuries	-
8 Jul 2000	Piper PA32-300 N7638F	Staniel Cay, Bahamas no coordinates	Stewart G. Donaldson	Serious injuries	-
2 Feb 2000	Beechcraft D18S N122V	Bimini, Bahamas no coordinates	Florida Air Cargo, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
2 Oct 1999	Temco DA-16A N714T	Freeport, Bahamas no coordinates	Friendly Skies Inc.	No injuries	-
9 Sep 1999	Piper PA-31-310 N6579L	Nicholls Town, Bahamas no coordinates	Webs Palnes, Inc.	No injuries	-
11 Jun 1999	Cessna 210L N1765X	Gt. Harbour Cay, Bahamas no coordinates	Randy L. Butler	No injuries	-
17 Feb 1999	Douglas DC-3C N15MA	Nassau, Bahamas no coordinates	Florida Air Cargo, Inc.	No injuries	-
12 Feb 1999	Cessna 172M N61745	Rum Cay, Bahamas no coordinates	GUY D. Caskey	No injuries	-
30 Dec 1998	Beechcraft F33A N33YR	Crooked Island, Bahamas no coordinates	Murray W. Randall	No injuries	-
6 Dec 1998	Piper PA-38-112 N9471T	Marsh Harbor, Bahamas no coordinates	David Reich	No injuries	-
11 May 1998	Cessna 421B N17BN	Nassau, Bahamas no coordinates	Edward Quinn	Serious injuries	-
7 Mar 1998	Piper PA-28-161 N2728M	Cat Cay, Bahamas no coordinates	Florida Flight TNG Inc.	No injuries	-
4 Dec 1997	Piper PA-31-350 N116PM	Walker Cay, Bahamas no coordinates	Amelia Airways, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
10 Jul 1997	Cessna 402C N2717Y	Gt. Harbour Cay, Bahamas no coordinates	Falcon Air Charters	Serious injuries	-
11 Jun 1997	Cessna 501 N1AT	Berry Island, Bahamas no coordinates	Betaco, Inc.	No injuries	-
14 May 1997	Piper PA-34-200T N3566M	Cotton Bay, Bahamas no coordinates	Larry Meredith	No injuries	-
31 Mar 1997	Cessna 310R N995GP	Deep Water Cay, Bahamas no coordinates	Marco Aviation, Inc.	No injuries	-
22 Dec 1996	Piper PA-23-250 N48PB	Walker Cay, Bahamas no coordinates	Taino Air Services Ltd.	No injuries	-
10 Dec 1996	Cessna 182 N2411Q	Bimini, Bahamas no coordinates	Gilbert Millares	No injuries	-
9 Oct 1996	Bell 407 N1117P	Andros Island, Bahamas no coordinates	Agrobecuriajl Ltd	Serious injuries	-
29 Jun 1996	Beechcraft D18S N354T	Rock Sound, Bahamas no coordinates	Sky Charter, Inc.	No injuries	-
20 Apr 1996	Cessna C441 N441W	Walkers Cay, Bahamas no coordinates	Warrington Development Co. Inc	No injuries	-
20 Jan 1996	Bell 206 N87JH	Exuma, Bahamas no coordinates	Andre Runta	Minor injuries	-
22 Dec 1995	Douglas DC-3 N123DZ	Nassau, Bahamas no coordinates	Florida Air Cargo Inc.	No injuries	-
1 Sep 1995	Aero Commander 500 C6BFR	Nassau, Bahamas no coordinates	Abaco Air Limited	No injuries	-
20 Aug 1995	Aero Commander 560A N2754B	Bimini, Bahamas no coordinates	Dean A. Eberly	No injuries	-
30 Jun 1995	Aero Commander 681 N70RF	Nassau, Bahamas no coordinates	EM Travel & Sales	No injuries	-
19 Jun 1995	Willingham Dave L KOLB TWINSTAR N5759	Freeport, Bahamas no coordinates	Charles T. O'neill	No injuries	-
10 Jun 1995	Maule M-7-235 N3093N	Cat Cay, Bahamas no coordinates	Norman E. Wymbs	No injuries	-
26 Apr 1995	Cessna 550 N7RC	Walkers Cay, Bahamas no coordinates	Ring CAN Corporation	Minor injuries	-
17 Apr 1995	Beechcraft B95A N961Q	Freeport, Bahamas no coordinates	Callaway, Lawrence D.	No injuries	-
6 Apr 1995	Cessna U206G N756CW	Nassau, Bahamas no coordinates	Dussault, Andre J.	No injuries	-
23 Mar 1995	Beechcraft E18S N8111	Walkers Cay, Bahamas no coordinates	Carib-Air Cargo Inc	Unknown	-
1 Mar 1995	Beechcraft V35A N8066R	Nassau, Bahamas no coordinates	Rowland, Richard H	No injuries	-
20 Dec 1994	Mooney M20J N201TB	Spanish Cay, Bahamas no coordinates	Rieur, Renan	No injuries	-
14 Oct 1994	Cessna 402B N87178	Exuma Island, Bahamas no coordinates	Major's Air Services	Unknown	-
20 Sep 1994	Piper PA32R-301T N8374Y	Long Island, Bahamas no coordinates	Robertson Construction Inc.	No injuries	-
26 Mar 1994	Cessna 402B N7929Q	Cat Island, Bahamas no coordinates	South Florida Truck Sales Inc.	Serious injuries	-
13 Mar 1994	Cessna T-337-B N2352S	Cay Sal, Bahamas no coordinates	Brothers To the Rescue	Serious injuries	-
12 Sep 1993	Cessna 402B N444KA	Sandy Point, Bahamas no coordinates	Gibson, Terrance T.	Serious injuries	-
5 Sep 1993	Beagle B 206 SERIES 1 N163S	Freeport, Bahamas no coordinates	Bowe, Andrew	No injuries	-
4 May 1993	Piper PA-32R-300 N96RJ	West End, Bahamas no coordinates	Allen, Gordon F. & Elaine B.	No injuries	-
2 May 1993	Maule M-5-235C N6171M	Fowl Cay, Bahamas no coordinates	Sandberg, William C.	Serious injuries	-
11 Apr 1993	Piper PA-32-260 N3910W	N. Eleuthera I., Bahamas no coordinates	Deal, Scott A.	No injuries	-
1 Apr 1993	Piper PA-23-250 N555AD	Nassau, Bahamas no coordinates	Sky Unlimited Inc.	Unknown	-
3 Feb 1993	Piper PA-32-260 N41709	Rock Sound, Bahamas no coordinates	Riccardi & Riley	No injuries	-
2 Jan 1993	Piper PA-31-350 N4107V	Bimini, Bahamas no coordinates	Twin Town Leasing Co.	No injuries	-
20 Oct 1992	Cessna 172M N9288H	Mayaguana Isl, Bahamas no coordinates	Moran, Carlos A.	No injuries	-
20 Sep 1992	Piper PA-23-250 N102ZZ	Mores Island, Bahamas no coordinates	ZIG ZAG Airlines, Ltd.	Unknown	-
4 Jul 1992	Piper PA32R-300 N5606V	Andros Island, Bahamas no coordinates	Columbus Northwest Flyers	No injuries	-