The plane crash that killed 12 this month in Butler, Missouri, was the second major incident in a year in the Kansas City region involving an aircraft used by Skydive Kansas City where engine trouble was suspected.
Hours after the plane went down June 14, a former Department of Transportation Inspector General told The Star that “my first guess would be there was a problem with the engine.”
And last year, after a plane crash-landed June 16 on the roof of a Johnson County airport hangar, authorities said the pilot had lost control and suspected a mechanical failure. Though the plane was headed for routine repairs and not on a skydiving operation, sources say that Skydive Kansas City had also been using the aircraft during that time frame…