A Learjet 60 carrying nine people crashed in Greenacres, Palm Beach County, Florida, at about 12:50 p.m. on Sunday, November 1, 2026. All nine people on board were killed, according to CBS12 and NBC Miami. About 600 residents of a nearby mobile home community were evacuated, and no one on the ground was reported hurt. The NTSB is leading the investigation, and the cause has not been determined.

What we know

Detail

What reports say

Date and time

Sunday, November 1, 2026, at about 12:50 p.m. ET

Location

Near Military Trail and 10th Avenue North in the Greenacres and Cresthaven area, about 7 miles southwest of West Palm Beach

Aircraft

Learjet 60 business jet, registration N722BD, about 22 years old

Route

Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas to North Eleuthera Airport in the Bahamas

People on board

9, all killed

On the ground

About 600 residents of a nearby mobile home community evacuated; no one on the ground was reported hurt

Crash site

A crater in the road, scattered debris and a large fire; Military Trail was closed between Cresthaven Boulevard and 10th Avenue North

Investigation

NTSB leading, with FAA assistance; cause not determined

 

 

 

Response and investigation

Palm Beach County Fire Rescue treated the crash as a mass casualty incident and closed Military Trail near the site. U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed that all nine people on board died, according to Wikipedia's summary of AP, ABC and CNN reporting. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis called the crash "cataclysmic" and said the plane looked like a missile coming down.

The NTSB is leading the investigation with help from the FAA. Early work includes recovering wreckage, reviewing air traffic control records and studying the weather. An NTSB briefing was planned for Monday in West Palm Beach.

Reports based on FAA and air traffic data say the jet was flying east at about 35,000 feet when the pilots reported turbulence, icing and precipitation and asked to climb. Moments later it entered a steep dive, the crew radioed a mayday, and the FAA says it fell from about 35,250 feet to 8,750 feet in one minute. These are reported details, not the NTSB's findings.

What is still unconfirmed

Many posts on X spread quickly on Sunday, and some details in them were early, incomplete or different from later reports.

  • Cause: not known. The weather conditions the pilots reported are not a finding by investigators.
  • Where it landed: early posts said the jet slammed into a mobile home park. Later reports say it came down on the roadway near a mobile home community, which was evacuated, and that no one on the ground was reported hurt.
  • Death toll: early posts said the toll was unknown. Later reports say all nine on board died.
  • Altitude and turn: one report said the jet turned sharply right and fell from about 8,000 feet. The FAA figures above describe a fall from about 35,000 feet, so treat the 8,000-foot detail as unconfirmed.
  • Price of the jet: the "$2 million" figure came from press reports and is not an official detail.
  • Victims: relatives identified the 20-year-old co-pilot, a Boca Raton resident. This post does not name anyone on board until officials release a list.

We will update this post as the NTSB shares more.

Sources

Reports published November 1-2, 2026. Check the NTSB and local outlets for later updates.