Investigators find no evidence of engine failure in fiery crash of skydiving plane that killed 12
Investigators found no engine failures and said the plane met weight and balance limits after the crash killed 12 people.
- On Thursday, the National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report on the June 14, 2026, crash at Butler Municipal Airport in Butler, Missouri, that killed 12 people aboard a Pacific Aerospace Limited 750XL airplane.
- Before the third flight crashed, the aircraft had completed two successful jumps that morning, and operator Skydive Kansas City described the pilot as 'safety oriented' with more than 4,100 flight hours.
- Surveillance footage captured the aircraft turning until its wings were 'approximately perpendicular to the ground,' while investigators found 'no indications of any preimpact mechanical malfunctions' in the engine.
- Despite recovering multiple damaged GoPro cameras from the wreckage, NTSB investigators have not determined a cause, and a final report could take one to two years.
- Parachute jump flights operate under 14CFR Part, raising questions about FAA oversight since these operations do not require FAA-issued operating certificates, approved training programs, or crashworthy voice and data recorders.
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Missouri skydiving plane crash report finds no engine failure
MISSOURI — Federal safety investigators said an early report found no sign that engine trouble caused the plane crash during a skydiving outing last month.
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Investigators find no evidence of engine failure in fiery crash of Missouri skydiving plane that killed 12
Federal safety investigators said in a new preliminary report that they found no indication that engine failure caused the fiery crash of a plane on a...
Preliminary report didn't flag an engine failure before a skydiving plane crash that killed 12
A preliminary report issued by federal safety investigators did not flag any serious safety failures that could have led to the fiery crash of a plane just after takeoff last month on a skydiving outing in Missouri that killed all 12 people aboard, including several very experienced jumpers. The National Transportation Safety Board issued a [...]
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