Florida plane crash. NTSB finds voice recorder from fatal wreck

A Learjet 60 carrying nine people went down near Greenacres, Florida, prompting a wide-ranging investigation led by the National Transportation Safety Board. The Palm Beach Post confirms that a cockpit voice recorder has been recovered from the Learjet involved in the fatal crash and notes that the item is part of the ongoing NTSB investigation into the incident, which resulted in nine fatalities on board. Authorities have verified that the recovered recorder originates from the Learjet that crashed in the Greenacres area.

KETV reports that the NTSB has completed on-scene work outside the excavation area and has recovered and identified multiple portions of the aircraft. Investigators have recovered components from both wings and both engines, along with parts from the flight deck, vertical stabilizer, horizontal stabilizer, left elevator, and sections of the ailerons and flap tracks. Some of the recovered pieces have been sent to the NTSB laboratories in Washington, D.C. for closer inspection. The agency also urged members of the public who find debris to avoid handling it and to contact the NTSB with photos to assist recovery, underscoring that wreckage recovery is critical to the investigation.

WPEC reiterates that the NTSB has recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the Learjet 60 crash near Greenacres, where all nine onboard were killed on November 1. Investigators located the CVR at the site of the initial impact after the Learjet reportedly plummeted about 35,000 feet onto South Military Trail between Cresthaven Boulevard and 10th Avenue North. The CVR is being evaluated at the NTSB Vehicle Recorders Laboratory in Washington, D.C., and excavation at the impact site has concluded.

KTLA highlights the identifier of one of the victims: Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, a 20-year-old co-pilot who had earned a pilot’s license at 17, was among the nine fatalities. The report notes that the NTSB list includes eight other individuals with names and ages provided, forming a roster of family members and associates. The coverage also mentions that the Learjet departed Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas for North Eleuthera in the Bahamas before the crash and that a post-crash fire and a broad debris field were observed at the scene. Debris from the tail elevator was found miles from the main impact site, complicating recovery for responders and investigators.

WPBF adds detail on the on-scene response and the aftermath. Emergency responders from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and Palm Beach County authorities were involved in locating wreckage and supporting initial recovery efforts, with debris scattered over a broad area and a post-crash fire noted. The report describes tail elevator debris extending as far as roughly 3.8 miles from the main impact site. The NTSB indicated that areas outside the excavation site—such as Cresthaven mobile home park, nearby businesses, and John I. Leonard High School—have been cleared, and the high school has reopened. The agency also stated that access to the crash entrance remains restricted due to the crater, with essential services like power and water restoration ongoing before residents can return.

At least some debris, including components from both wings and both engines, and elements of the flight deck, vertical and horizontal stabilizers, the left elevator, and flap tracks, have been recovered and identified, per WPBF and corroborated by other outlets. The sites cleared include localized areas around residential and commercial properties, with ongoing power and water restoration efforts and security patrols as residents begin returning to their homes and businesses in the Greenacres area.

KEYE summarizes that on-scene work has been completed in the areas outside the excavation site, with the NTSB continuing the pursuit of debris recovery. The report notes that parts have been recovered from multiple sections of the aircraft—wings, engines, flight deck, stabilizers, left elevator, and flap tracks—and that some debris has been sent to the NTSB laboratories in Washington, D.C. Weather is cited as a continuing focal point in the investigation, and the status of the investigation remains open with no final cause announced.

Taken together, the material from these outlets shows that nine people were aboard the Learjet 60 at the time of the November 1 crash near Greenacres, Florida, with the CVR recovered from the initial impact area and the wreckage dispersed over a wide radius as recovery operations progressed. The on-scene response involved local fire and county authorities, and the NTSB is conducting a broad debris-recovery and laboratory-evaluation program as it examines multiple lines of inquiry, including loss of control, structural breakup, and in-flight disintegration, while withholding a final determination of cause at the time of the reports.