Skydive Kansas City Pacific Aerospace P750 Crashed Near Butler Memorial Airport in Bates County, Mo. Eleven skydivers and a pilot are dead after a Skydive Kansas City plane crashed in Butler, Mo., Sunday morning. Bates County Emergency Management told USA TODAY that 11 people onboard the plane were skydivers and the 12th person was the pilot. Butler Memorial Airport is roughly 65 miles south of Kansas City. The agency said air traffic services "were not being provided at the time" of the crash. A private plane operated by Skydive Kansas City that had departed from the airport "turned around for an unknown reason" before crashing near a local highway, according to Bates County Emergency Management.