CNN – Too much moose meat and antlers strapped to a wing caused a deadly small plane crash in Alaska, the National Transportation Safety Board determined.
The small Piper PA-18 plane had taken a group of hunters to a remote wilderness area near St. Mary’s, Alaska on September 12, 2023, where they killed a moose, the report said.
The first flight to ferry the meat to a larger airport was successful, but on a second trip the plane crashed just after takeoff.
The hunters provided the pilot, who was the only person onboard the plane, with first aid, but he died a short time later.
CNN previously reported the pilot killed was Eugene “Buzzy” Peltola Jr., the husband of Mary Peltola, who represented Alaska in the US House from 2022 to 2025.
Besides moose meat, the aircraft also had a set of antlers strapped to the wing …
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