Eugene Peltola Jr. died when his plane ferrying moose meat and antlers crashed shortly after takeoff in Alaska on Sept. 12.
Eugene Peltola Jr., the late husband of Rep. Mary Peltola of Alaska, was ferrying moose meat and antlers whenearlier this month, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board.
One of the hunters told the NTSB that the second load of meat was about 50 to 70 pounds heavier than the first. The total load for the second trip was about 520 pounds, according to the NTSB. The NTSB found about 150 pounds of the meat in the forward section of the belly pod after the crash, the report said. One of the hunters said Peltola Jr. told him he would be running on reserve fuel by the time he arrived back at Holy Cross.
Eugene Peltola Jr.'s plane with antlers tied to the right wing strut, as seen in a video taken by a hunter.It took longer for the Piper PA-18-150 to get in the air on this second run and the plane appeared more"labored," the hunters told the NTSB. According to the hunters, once the plane got in the air it turned sharply to the right and flew behind a nearby ridgeline. When it didn't reappear, the hunters climbed to the top of the ridge and saw the plane had crashed.
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