A plane crash in Missouri on Sunday killed 12 people, including 11 skydivers and one pilot. The aircraft, a Pacific Aerospace P750, crashed near the Butler Memorial Airport in Bates County, located approximately 50 to 65 miles south of the Kansas City metropolitan area. According to a Bates County Emergency Management spokesperson, the plane was leased by a skydiving company and took off around 11:20 a.m. Local time. The aircraft failed to gain altitude, made a sharp left turn, and crashed about 200 yards from the airport. Dennis Jacobs, the acting airport manager and Bates County Emergency Management Agency director, stated the plane was operated by Skydive Kansas City and suggested in his opinion that it may have been losing power, stalled, and went down nose-first. Emergency responders received a call around 11:30 a.m. Reporting a plane down and engulfed in flames. Missouri Highway Patrol Sergeant Justin Ewing reported that the plane landed in a field adjacent to the airport and caught fire, though responders were able to extinguish the flames shortly after the crash. First responders checked the area under the flight path and did not find any skydivers who may have jumped before the impact. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed that air traffic services were not being provided at the time of the crash. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is leading the investigation into the cause of the accident. While the FAA identified the aircraft as a Pacific Aerospace P750, NPR reported the specific model as a Pacific Aerospace 750XL, a single-engine turboprop manufactured in 2010.