Saturday afternoon around 1pm, an unfortunate incident at the SkyDive KC drop zone at Butler airport resulted in the total loss of the jump aircraft.
During the jump run, one of the skydivers' reserve parachutes deployed and pulled him out of the airplane, fouling the tail surfaces and causing a loss of control.
Fortunately, everyone reacted as they were trained and all seven people aboard the turbine-powered Cessna 206 were able to successfully exit the aircraft and descend under canopy.
The airplane crashed in a vacant field about 80 yards east of the Butler airport property. There was no fire or other property damage.
Reported by LeRoy Cook
Reported by LeRoy Cook
