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Rep. Mary Peltola’s husband was flying with 520 pounds of moose meat, antlers strapped to wing at time of fatal crash
New York Post ^ | Sep. 29, 2023 | Yaron Steinbuch

Posted on 09/29/2023 11:44:12 AM PDT by nickcarraway

The husband of Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola was ferrying more than 500 pounds of moose and antlers from a remote hunting camp in Alaska when his small plane crashed shortly after takeoff earlier this month, officials said.

Eugene Peltola Jr., 57, the sole person aboard the Piper PA-18, was found conscious but died at the scene after it crashed Sept. 12 near the village of St. Mary’s, some 500 miles west of Fairbanks, the National Transportation Safety Board said in its initial report Thursday.

Two days before the crash, Peltola took five hunters, a guide and equipment from Holy Cross to a site about 80 miles northwest of the community, where they set up camp next to a landing strip.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: alaska; moose
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To: SauronOfMordor
Don't jump to conclusions. The NTSB will be putting the antlers through extensive wind tunnel testing all next month.

41 posted on 09/29/2023 12:17:07 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (Lord, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: SauronOfMordor
Don't jump to conclusions. The NTSB will be putting the antlers through extensive wind tunnel testing all next month.

42 posted on 09/29/2023 12:17:07 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (Lord, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Red Badger

Ya ain’t got no moose antlers on that “streamlined body” teardrop strut.


43 posted on 09/29/2023 12:21:15 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
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To: billorites
You shoot a moose, take a moose, harvest a moose or kill a moose.

Can one bag a moose?

Regards,

44 posted on 09/29/2023 12:21:21 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: Krosan
If any article deserves to be posted in Cheese, Moose, Sister it's this one.
45 posted on 09/29/2023 12:22:07 PM PDT by servo1969
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To: Robert A Cook PE

Moose ain’t real good at flying..................


46 posted on 09/29/2023 12:22:37 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: NorthMountain

Yeah


47 posted on 09/29/2023 12:23:49 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Red Badger

They goof around, kick seats and distract the pilot!


48 posted on 09/29/2023 12:24:17 PM PDT by Cold_Red_Steel
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To: ALPAPilot
"There is nothing in our preflight checklist that mentions it so maybe it’s okay."

When was the last time you were qualified on a Piper PA-18 SuperCub? It's right there on the Right Wing.


49 posted on 09/29/2023 12:30:37 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: billorites

I saw that, too.🤣


50 posted on 09/29/2023 12:30:50 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: nickcarraway

I know he was married to a rat and was, probably, a rat, too, but he was living a dream.


51 posted on 09/29/2023 12:32:07 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: nickcarraway

Overloaded, possibly imbalanced center of gravity.

CC


52 posted on 09/29/2023 12:33:11 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: jaydubya2
PA-18A-180 Payload W/Full Fuel: 330 Lb Max Payload: 570 Lb appears to be overloaded.

I'd say 520 lbs of meat and another 150 lbs. of antlers, and them strapped to one side of the craft might just cause a problem.

53 posted on 09/29/2023 12:50:24 PM PDT by Flint
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To: nickcarraway

Reindeer can fly. Moose can’t.


54 posted on 09/29/2023 12:53:12 PM PDT by sphinx
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To: nickcarraway

“… was ferrying more than 500 pounds of moose and antlers…
Eugene Peltola Jr., 57, the sole person aboard the Piper PA-18…
Two days before the crash, Peltola took five hunters, a guide and equipment…”

There’s some other reason for the crash, as seven people+equipment weigh less than one person+600 lbs of moose meat and antlers.


55 posted on 09/29/2023 12:54:49 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
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To: nickcarraway

Destroying a PA-18 is a crime.


56 posted on 09/29/2023 1:09:14 PM PDT by dljordan
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To: Bonemaker

That is akin to strapping Chris Christie into the seat of your plane.


57 posted on 09/29/2023 1:13:01 PM PDT by dforest
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To: alexander_busek

“ Can one bag a moose?”

Yes. But it must be a very large bag.

L


58 posted on 09/29/2023 1:20:14 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: Eagles6
he was living a dream

He sure was if he loaded 500 pounds of moose meat and antlers onto a plane with a 570 pound payload pre-fuel.

59 posted on 09/29/2023 1:28:33 PM PDT by liberalh8ter (Ephesians 6:10 - 18)
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To: nickcarraway

Another case of spare the duct tape spoil the job.

Redd Green


60 posted on 09/29/2023 1:59:05 PM PDT by Vaduz (....)
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