CO-PILOT IN FLORIDA JET CRASH TEXTED BOYFRIEND ABOUT ICE

Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, the 20-year-old co-pilot of the Learjet 60 that crashed in Palm Beach County on November 1, 2026, texted her boyfriend, who is also a licensed pilot, “I’ve got turbulence, I’ve got ice” about 10 minutes before impact. Her stepfather, Thiago Cortelet, told the New York Post he believes she sent it around 12:40 p.m. ET, as TMZ reported. All nine people aboard the plane died.

Nathalia was supporting captain Jeff Gregory when the jet nosedived near Military Trail. The flight had left Austin, Texas, bound for North Eleuthera Airport in the Bahamas, and went down at around 12:50 p.m. ET.

Also killed were 44-year-old Austin tech entrepreneur Adam Robinson, his wife Helen, their two children and two close friends. Officials reported no deaths on the ground, but about 600 people from a nearby mobile-home community were evacuated or set to be relocated, according to CBS Miami.

Nathalia and her boyfriend had made headlines over the years because of how young they both were. She earned her pilot’s license at 17 while still in high school, and her family says she had more than 1,300 hours of flight experience when she died. The co-pilot was 20 years old.

What the NTSB says happened in the final minutes

At a briefing on November 2, 2026, the National Transportation Safety Board said the crew reported light clear ice and moderate turbulence before the jet entered an overspeed condition and began descending rapidly, according to ABC 33/40.

The plane transmitted that it was descending less than 30 seconds after the ice and turbulence report, then issued a mayday call. At about 12:48 p.m., a transmission said it was “in an overspeed condition descending,” NTSB member Tom Chapman said.

The agency also said evidence indicates the aircraft was breaking up before it hit the ground. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed on X that everyone aboard had died and called it a “horrific tragedy,” KPBS reported.

The NTSB is leading the investigation with support from the FAA and sent a team of about 20 investigators to the scene. Chapman said the agency is examining whether weather played a role but would not speculate on the cause. Dispatch audio from the flight, which we covered in our earlier report on the crash, captured the crew scrambling in its final moments.