Learjet crash victim Adam Robinson’s eerie plane crash post resurfaces as all nine aboard ID'd

GREENACRES, FLORIDA: A social media post in which tech entrepreneur Adam Robinson compared learning to fly with building a business has resurfaced following his death in a Learjet 60 crash in Florida that claimed the lives of eight other people aboard.

Robinson, 44, was travelling with his wife, Helen Sharp, their two young children, family friends and their nanny when the aircraft crashed in a residential neighbourhood in Greenacres, Palm Beach County, on November 1.

The two pilots, Jeff Gregory, 55, and Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, 20, were also killed in the crash.

Adam Robinson's resurfaced post sparks attention after fatal crash

In a post shared on X in April 2026, Robinson wrote: “You don’t need to crash a plane to learn to fly … and you don’t need VC to build a business.”

The remark, originally made while discussing his approach to building businesses without venture capital, has resurfaced following his death in the Florida crash.

Robinson was the founder and CEO of Retention.com and RB2B, software companies focused on helping businesses identify website visitors and generate leads.

He was known for building bootstrapped software businesses and sharing advice on entrepreneurship and business growth.

Adam Robinson's family and friends among Florida crash victims

The seven passengers were identified as Robinson, his wife, Helen Sharp, their children, Emma, 4, and Charlie, 2, family friends Rachael Reed and Charmi Fehr, and their nanny, Anita Maria Cetina.

In a joint statement, the families 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.”

The statement also paid tribute to Robinson and Sharp as devoted parents, describing their children as “the light of their lives.”

Sharp was a ceramics artist who also ran the public relations company Influential PR.

Pilots Jeff Gregory and Nathalia Gadelha killed in crash

The two crew members were identified as Captain Jeff Gregory, 55, and co-pilot Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, 20.

Filgueiras had earned her private pilot's licence at just 17 while attending West Boca Raton High School, even before obtaining her driver's licence.

She began flying lessons in 2020 and later became a commercial pilot and flight instructor. She had reportedly accumulated around 1,300 flight hours and had been working as a commercial pilot for nine months.

Her family said flying had been her lifelong dream and that she hoped to become an airline pilot.

Around 10 minutes before the crash, she reportedly texted her boyfriend about turbulence and ice affecting the aircraft.

Gregory, an experienced pilot from Pennsylvania, was also among those killed. According to reports citing air traffic control audio, he reportedly recited the Lord's Prayer as the aircraft descended.

The Learjet 60 was travelling from Austin, Texas, to North Eleuthera Airport in the Bahamas when it crashed near Military Trail in Greenacres shortly before 1 pm on November 1.

The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating the crash. Investigators have not yet established what caused the aircraft to go down.