Pilot 'parachutes out of crashing plane with six other passengers on board'

Six people miraculously managed to survive a plane crash on Saturday afternoon after the pilot parachuted out of the aircraft near Butler Memorial Airport in Bates County, Missouri.

The plane, a single-engine Cessna C206, crashed in a hay field close to the airport, outside of Kansas City, just before 1pm on Saturday. 

The Bates County Sheriff’s Office said the aircraft was found just east of the runway.

The plane, a single-engine Cessna C206, crashed in a hay field close to the airport, outside of Kansas City, just before 1pm on Saturday

Six people miraculously managed to survive a plane crash on Saturday afternoon after the pilot parachuted out of the aircraft near Butler Memorial Airport in Bates County, Missouri

The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the incident which involved a single-engine Cessna C206, similar to this one, pictured

The pilot had been wearing a parachute and was able to jump from the plane before the crash. He was found at a hangar at the airport.

The six others on board were all skydivers and were all able to jump clear of the Cessna before it struck the ground.

The pilot was the last once to leave the doomed plane.  

Images taken from the scene show badly-mangled wreckage.  

The other six passengers were all treated and released at the scene, reports KCTV5.

The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the incident.

None of those involved have been identified.