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A small plane that crashed in 2023 carrying moose meat in Alaska, killing the husband of former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, was overweight and encountered drag from antlers mounted outside, the NTSB says.
Too much moose meat and antlers strapped to a wing caused a deadly small plane crash in Alaska, a nearly two-year long investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board determined in a report released Tuesday.
A fatal plane crash in Alaska in 2023 may have been caused by excess moose meat and antlers on board, according to a newly-released report.
Investigators have released an inquiry into the fatal crash in a mountainous area, where Eugene Peltola Jr., the husband of former U.S. Representative Mary Peltola, was killed in 2023.
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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A small plane that crashed in 2023 while carrying moose meat for hunters in remote western Alaska, killing the husband of former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, was overweight for takeoff and encountered drag from a set of antlers mounted outside, federal investigators said in a report released Tuesday.
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U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, two years ago was overloaded with moose meat and antlers, federal investigators said this week. Eugene “Buzzy” Peltola Jr., 57, was piloting a Piper PA 18-150 Super Cub when it went down in the mountains northeast of St.
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The plane crash that killed the husband of former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) was overloaded with moose meat, according to a Tuesday report from the National Transportation Safety Board
Mary Peltola has filed a negligence suit against the plane's owner after her husband, Eugene, died on a hunting trip while she was working in Washington, D.C.
The renowned bush pilot was making a trip he’d made many times when the Cessna 180 crashed near Shaktoolik in June 2023.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska ( KTUU /Gray News) - A crash that killed former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola’s husband in rural Alaska during a 2023 hunting trip was caused by the plane being overloaded with moose meat and antlers, according to the final report by the National Transportation Safety Board.