As announced by the State Highway Patrol (MSHP) in its X profile, officers responded to the scene of the accident in support of the Butler Police Department and the Bates County Sheriff’s Office.
The accident occurred 105 kilometers south of Kansas City, near Butler Memorial Airport, on Business Interstate 49.
“At the moment, Reports indicate that all occupants (12 in total) have died“the patrol wrote.
The plane, carrying several skydivers from the Skydive Kansas City free fall center, had just taken off, but was unable to gain altitude; It then turned left and finally crashed around 11:30 a.m., Dennis Jacobs, the airport’s acting manager, told NBC News.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reported that it is collecting information and announced that it will possibly begin an investigation.
Missouri authorities reported that there were twelve people: eleven passengers and the pilot, according to the electronic media Infobae.
The media also cited that the private plane was operated by Skydive Kansas City, according to acting airport manager and director of the Bates County emergency management agency, Dennis Jacobs.
UPDATE: 12 people were killed after a plane carrying 11 skydivers and a pilot crashed near Butler Memorial Airport in Butler, Missouri. -FOX4 https://t.co/UWdylPia1M pic.twitter.com/QyxoXy65Fb
—Breaking911 (@Breaking911) June 14, 2026
Jacobs stated that the aircraft had recently taken off and turned left before going down. In addition, he believes that the ship was losing power and that the pilot was trying to reach the highway to land, but he may have run out of support and plummeted, reports the information released by Infobae.
The plane was a Pacific Aerospace 750XL, a single-engine turboprop manufactured in 2010, a model frequently used for skydiving flights, the media added.