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A private Learjet 60 travelling from Austin, Texas, to North Eleuthera in the Bahamas crashed near Greenacres in Palm Beach County, Florida, shortly before 1 p.m. Eastern time on Sunday, November 1, 2026, killing everyone aboard. The aircraft, registration N722BD, was operating as a charter flight by Aurora Aviation, trading as Upper Jets, and came down on Military Trail in a residential area.
The seven passengers were named on Monday, November 2, in a joint statement from the victims' families, shared by Adam Robinson's brother, Anthony Robinson. The statement said: "With broken hearts, our families share that Adam Robinson and Helen Sharp, their children Emma and Charlie, Rachael Reed and Charmi Fehr, and Anita Maria Cetina were among those lost aboard the flight that went down near Greenacres, Florida, on November 1." It added: "Adam and Helen were devoted parents, and Emma, 4, and Charlie, 2, were the light of their lives."
Robinson was an Austin technology entrepreneur, the founder and chief executive of Retention.com and RB2B, and a co-founder of the email marketing company Robly. Sharp, his wife, was a public relations professional who founded the firm Influential PR and also worked as an artist with her own ceramics business. Reed and Fehr were friends of the family, remembered in the statement as joyful and adventurous. Cetina was the children's nanny and caregiver, described by the family as devoted to the children and truly part of the family.
The two crew members were also identified. The captain was Jeffrey Gregory, 55, identified through his former employer and flight-manifest reporting. The co-pilot was Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, 20, identified by her mother, Camila Corteleti. Filgueiras earned her pilot's licence at 17 while still in high school, had dreamed of flying since childhood, and worked tirelessly to achieve it, her family said.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating. At a briefing on Monday, November 2, NTSB board member Tom Chapman said the crew, cruising at 35,000 feet, had reported light, clear ice, which they described as manageable, and moderate turbulence that pushed the aircraft around 700 feet off its altitude. Chapman said investigators had some evidence that the aircraft began breaking apart before impact, but the board has not determined a probable cause and will not speculate on one while on scene. About 20 NTSB specialists are working on the investigation. One person on the ground suffered a leg injury, investigators said.
Officials have not officially released all nine names: the passenger names come from the families' joint statement, and the crew identifications come from family members, a former employer and media reporting. The investigation is ongoing and the final cause has not been determined.