Overview
- Authorities said the small aircraft went down around 10:20 a.m. into a man‑made lake behind a home in the Windsor Bay area of Coral Springs.
- City officials confirmed the flight departed Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport carrying supplies for communities affected by Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica.
- Investigators reported the plane clipped trees and a backyard fence, scattering debris into yards, with a tire found near a pool, and no injuries reported on the ground.
- Dive teams reached parts of the fuselage and found no victims during initial searches, and officials said the full wreckage has not yet been recovered and may be in pieces.
- The FAA and NTSB opened investigations, roads near the site remain restricted, and early reports identifying the aircraft as a Beechcraft King Air have not been confirmed by investigators.