Plane Accident Near South Military Trail in Greenacres, FL, on November 01, 2026

A Learjet 60 carrying nine people crashed near South Military Trail in Greenacres, Florida, on November 1, 2026, at approximately 17:49 UTC. The aircraft broke apart after hitting the ground and caught fire. The occupants were not identified, and no individual injury or fatality information was provided.

The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office confirmed an aircraft incident was under investigation near South Military Trail, between Cresthaven Boulevard and 10th Avenue North. Authorities shut both northbound and southbound lanes and asked motorists to avoid the area. The reported ground-impact location was near the road; the available information does not establish that the jet hit the roadway itself. No reopening time was provided. The incident area was reported to be about six miles from Mar-a-Lago.

Preliminary ADS-B flight-tracking information identified the aircraft’s registration as N722BD. It departed Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas at about 15:37 UTC, with South Florida as its destination. The flight later passed Naples at approximately 41,000 feet, descended to about 35,000 feet and turned toward the West Palm Beach area.

At approximately 17:48 UTC, the jet turned east and briefly climbed to about 35,400 feet, according to the preliminary tracking data. It then made a descending right turn. During that descent, the reported descent rate exceeded 30,000 feet per minute.

Initial radar information indicated that the jet had descended from just above 8,000 feet shortly before impact. That preliminary reading was not presented as a confirmed reconstruction of the aircraft’s final descent.

The circumstances remained under investigation. The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board were contacted for further information, but the available account did not include a determination of the crash’s cause.

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