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The Learjet crash in Palm Beach County that killed nine

Overview · reviewed November 12, 2026

A Learjet 60 bound for the Bahamas crashed into a road in Greenacres, in Palm Beach County, Florida, on November 1, 2026, killing all nine people aboard.[1][2] The pilot had reported icing, precipitation and severe turbulence before the jet went into a steep dive.[2][3] The dead included the Austin tech entrepreneur Adam Robinson and his family, and the National Transportation Safety Board has recovered the cockpit voice recorder.[4][5]

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The pilot had reported icing, precipitation and severe turbulence before the jet went into a steep dive.[2][3] The dead included the Austin tech entrepreneur Adam Robinson and his family, and the National Transportation Safety Board has recovered the cockpit voice recorder.[4][5]

Coverage over time

Share of tracked outlets · weekly (UTC)

Week of 2026-10-26 (UTC): 11%, 54 of 473 tracked outlets (11 left, 32 center, 11 right)Week of 2026-11-02 (UTC): 19%, 91 of 471 tracked outlets (19 left, 48 center, 24 right)Week of 2026-11-09 (UTC): 5%, 25 of 471 tracked outlets (2 left, 19 center, 4 right), so far

LeftCenterRightLighter bar: this week so far

Each bar is the share of the outlets on our Left / Center / Right rating scale that we tracked publishing that week which carried reporting on this story, split by the outlets' ratings. We track more outlets now than in the archive, so a share keeps earlier and later weeks comparable. An outlet counts once a week however much it published, and outlets in one ownership or syndication group count as one on each side they appear on. A rating describes the outlet, not the report. A gap means no such reports were collected that week, not that nothing was reported anywhere. Weeks run Monday to Sunday in UTC, so a report published on a Sunday evening in US Eastern time counts in the next week. 7 more outlets off the scale (not rated, or outside the left-right graphs) also reported; they are not in this chart. See them.

Weekly counts, outlets and reports (3 weeks with coverage)
Outlets on the rating scale that carried this story each week, of the outlets tracked that week, newest first
Week of (UTC)LeftCenterRightOf trackedShareReceipts
Nov 9, 2026 (so far)219425 of 4715%
Nov 2, 202619482491 of 47119%
Oct 26, 202611321154 of 47311%

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  1. Nov 11, 2026 · first reported · Headline from New York Post

    Florida Learjet crash witness describes apocalyptic scene in frantic 911 call: ‘It was black, it was dark’

Background

The jet, which had flown from Austin, Texas, nose-dived into a road near a mobile home park and exploded into a fireball near homes.[1][2][6] Residents described the moment it came down,[1] and a witness described an apocalyptic scene in a 911 call.[7] Air traffic control recordings captured the pilot reporting ice and turbulence before declaring that the plane was going down,[3] and audio from the final moments appeared to capture a male voice reciting part of the Lord's Prayer, the New York Post reported.[8]

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Robinson, 45, was flying his wife and two young children to the Bahamas to celebrate his birthday.[4] The pilot was a longtime aviator and father from the Philadelphia suburbs,[9] and the co-pilot, Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, was 20; her father, a pilot himself, said her final radio calls showed "she's tough."[2][10] One of the pilots was an alumnus of Bob Jones University in South Carolina,[11] and the NFL player Joe Mixon said he had flown on the same jet with the same two pilots a month earlier.[12]

Investigators found a piece of the jet's tail nearly 4 miles from the crater where it struck the ground after plunging from 35,000 feet.[13] The NTSB completed its on-scene investigation,[14] and on November 9 it said it had recovered the cockpit voice recorder, which could show what the pilots said as they lost control.[5][14]

Supporting stories (14)
  1. Residents describe moment Learjet plummets and explodes in Florida mobile home park: ‘Everything was on fire’
  2. What’s next in the investigation of the Learjet crash in Florida that killed 9?
  3. Audio from jet that crashed in Florida reveals pilot's concerns before rapid descent
  4. Who Was Adam Robinson? Tech Entrepreneur Killed in Florida Plane Crash
  5. Investigators recover voice recorder from jet crash that killed Austin family
  6. 9 dead after Learjet nosedives, erupts into flames in Florida
  7. Florida Learjet crash witness describes apocalyptic scene in frantic 911 call: ‘It was black, it was dark’
  8. Victim of doomed Florida plane heard reciting Lord’s Prayer before jet crashed, killing all onboard
  9. Pilot in Learjet crash that killed 9 was a Pa. husband, father and a devout Christian
  10. Dad of 20-year-old co-pilot in Florida Learjet crash says her final radio calls showed 'she's tough'
  11. Bob Jones University alumnus among pilots killed in Florida plane crash
  12. NFL player Joe Mixon says he flew on same jet that crashed in Florida, met 'wonderful' crew last month
  13. What the NTSB is examining as it investigates why a Learjet plunged into the ground
  14. Florida learjet crash: Voice recorder recovered by NTSB

The full record

Each date is when an update was first reported.

All 15 recorded updates

November 2026

  1. Florida Learjet crash witness describes apocalyptic scene in frantic 911 call: ‘It was black, it was dark’Headline from New York Post · 2 outlets
  2. Investigators recover voice recorder from jet crash that killed Austin familyHeadline from KXAN Austin · 21 outlets
  3. Florida learjet crash: Voice recorder recovered by NTSBHeadline from ABC 7 New York · 6 outlets
  4. A father who taught his daughter to love flying is mourning after her Learjet crashed in FloridaHeadline from KVIA El Paso · 4 outlets
  5. Dad of 20-year-old co-pilot in Florida Learjet crash says her final radio calls showed 'she's tough'Headline from Philadelphia Inquirer · 16 outlets
  6. What the NTSB is examining as it investigates why a Learjet plunged into the groundHeadline from KESQ Palm Springs · 6 outlets
  7. Bob Jones University alumnus among pilots killed in Florida plane crashHeadline from WSPA Greenville-Spartanburg · 2 outlets
  8. Audio from jet that crashed in Florida reveals pilot's concerns before rapid descentHeadline from WKBN Youngstown · 3 outlets
  9. NFL player Joe Mixon says he flew on same jet that crashed in Florida, met 'wonderful' crew last monthHeadline from WFLA · 6 outlets
  10. Pilot in Learjet crash that killed 9 was a Pa. husband, father and a devout ChristianHeadline from Spotlight PA · 12 outlets
  11. Who Was Adam Robinson? Tech Entrepreneur Killed in Florida Plane CrashHeadline from Newsweek · 4 outlets
  12. 9 dead after Learjet nosedives, erupts into flames in FloridaHeadline from Cleveland Plain Dealer · 5 outlets
  13. Victim of doomed Florida plane heard reciting Lord’s Prayer before jet crashed, killing all onboardHeadline from New York Post · 4 outlets
  14. Residents describe moment Learjet plummets and explodes in Florida mobile home park: ‘Everything was on fire’Headline from New York Post · 2 outlets

October 2026

  1. What’s next in the investigation of the Learjet crash in Florida that killed 9?Headline from Bangor Daily News · 96 outlets

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