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Fatal Accident In work

NTSB CAROL · CEN26FA224

PACIFIC AEROSPACE LTD 750XL · N221BN

Butler, MO · Sun, 14 Jun 2026 11:35:00 UTC

Onboard

12

Fatal

12

Serious

0

Survived

0

Status: In work · Last updated: 10d ago · View docket on data.ntsb.gov →

NTSB record

The agency's structured fields, exactly as published in CAROL. Preliminary records contain location, aircraft, and the defining sequence of events. Probable-cause analysis lands months later with the factual report.

Aircraft

General aviation

Make · Model
PACIFIC AEROSPACE LTD 750XL
Registration
N221BN
Operator
SKYHI AERO LLC
Regulation
Part 91 · General aviation
Operation type
SKYD
Defining event
Takeoff · Other
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Site condition: VMC · Visual meteorological conditions

What outlets are reporting · 5 facts from 10/10 relevant headlines

Deterministically extracted from news headlines. Each fact is the literal phrasing the press used; the outlet count shows how many ran the same line. No AI inference, no rewrite — click an outlet to read the original. Headlines must mention this event's location, tail, or aircraft to be included.

Casualties
  • 12 killed 3 outlets
    KSHB 41 Kansas City, localaccidentreports.com, WIBW · source ↗
Victims
  • Victims publicly identified 2 outlets
    FOX 2, WIBW · source ↗
  • Role mentioned: pilot 1 outlet
    FOX 2 · source ↗
  • Role mentioned: teacher 1 outlet
    KSHB 41 Kansas City · source ↗
Investigation

Extraction is rule-based and conservative — it surfaces what headlines literally say. Headlines that didn't mention this event's location, aircraft, or tail are excluded to keep facts attributable. The full press timeline below is unfiltered.

Press timeline · 10 headlines

Same-day coverage from Google News, queried on tail number, location, and aircraft type. Click through to the original outlet — we don't mirror or rehost.

  1. Tue, 16 Jun 2026 · FOX 2

    Victims identified in Butler, Missouri, plane crash that killed 11 skydivers, 1 pilot - FOX 2
  2. Tue, 16 Jun 2026 · KSHB 41 Kansas City

    Oak Park High School mourns orchestra teacher killed in Butler, Missouri, plane crash - KSHB 41 Kansas City
  3. Tue, 16 Jun 2026 · KSHB 41 Kansas City

    12 killed in skydiving plane crash Sunday morning in Butler, Missouri - KSHB 41 Kansas City
  4. Thu, 18 Jun 2026 · KSHB 41 Kansas City

    Families of victims in fatal Butler, Mo., plane crash retain well-known Kansas City aviation law firm - KSHB 41 Kansas City
  5. Wed, 17 Jun 2026 · KCTV

    ‘Preventable disaster’: Law firm vows accountability after 12 die in Butler skydiving plane crash - KCTV
  6. Tue, 16 Jun 2026 · KSHB 41 Kansas City

    Friends, loved ones remember victims killed in Butler skydiving plane crash - KSHB 41 Kansas City
  7. Tue, 16 Jun 2026 · Spectrum News

    Butler, MO plane crash update - Spectrum News
  8. Tue, 16 Jun 2026 · localaccidentreports.com

    12 Killed After Plane Crash Near Butler Memorial Airport in Butler, MO - localaccidentreports.com
  9. Tue, 16 Jun 2026 · WIBW

    12 victims killed in Butler skydiving crash identified as NTSB investigation continues - WIBW
  10. Mon, 15 Jun 2026 · KSHB 41 Kansas City

    Butler community remembers 12 lives lost Sunday in skydiving plane crash - KSHB 41 Kansas City

Refreshed 3d ago. Headlines via Google News RSS. Queries used: "N221BN" crash"Butler, MO" "plane crash" 2026.

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Cross-references

Source of record for the agency line: NTSB CAROL. Source of record for the press line: Google News RSS. This page synthesizes both and links to each — it is not the report itself, and the Atlas does not draw conclusions about cause until the NTSB does.