Images from after the crash show a crater in the middle of a residential road, with patches of fire and pieces of concrete and debris from the Learjet 60 aircraft scattered.
Authorities stated that it would be at least 30 days before the affected road reopened. Thunderstorms were reported in the area at the time of the crash, and heavy rain fell during a subsequent news conference.
Unverified footage posted on social media captured vehicles driving on a residential suburban street before the aircraft nosedived into the ground almost vertically and exploded into a large fireball.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy described the crash as a horrific tragedy. The impact caused considerable damage to local infrastructure, including water lines.
Air traffic control audio recorded moments before the impact revealed that the pilot reported descending 10,000 feet per minute. The pilot then declared an emergency, yelling that the plane was in an overspeed condition and descending 20,000 feet per minute.
In air traffic control audio recorded moments before the crash, the pilot of the aircraft can be heard saying the plane was descending 10,000 feet per minute, according to the 's US partner CBS News.
The impact of the crash caused considerable damage to local infrastructure, including its water lines, they said, and it would be at least 30 days before the road re-opened.
A business jet crashed in a neighbourhood in Florida on Sunday, killing all nine people on board, the US transport secretary has said.
Trump had been at Mar-a-Lago on Sunday morning, and departed from an airport nearby on Air Force One about an hour before the crash.