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

[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.

[DAC21]

Well that was a total waste of a Moose.

[TBP]

Sorry to hear this news. Condolences to Rep. Peltola and her family.

[TBP]

Now watch her claim that anyone who runs against her has no sympathy for a grieving widow.

[outofsalt]

Earlier, during training,

[outofsalt]

That’s a RINO not a moose. LOL

[Robe]

Piper PA-18...................

Empty Weight - 930 lb. Useful Load - 820 lb. Baggage Capacity - 50 lb

[gov_bean_ counter]

OK, now you are just showing off. 😂

[TangoLimaSierra]

Writer in painfully ignorant of aviation as well as hunting.

I thought so, too. Looked him up expecting a soy-boy latte' sipping simp.

Looks like he may actually be a pilot. Certainly not a hunter.

[TangoLimaSierra]

Overloaded, possibly imbalanced center of gravity.

Article says they strapped some of the meat in the passenger seat and the rest in the belly storage. It said they did not strap that down.

One guess would be that they pushed the meat against the forward bulkhead instead of the rear. When the pilot rotated the meat slid back throwing the nose up into a stall..

[TangoLimaSierra]

Two days before the crash, Peltola took five hunters, a guide and equipment…”

Had to have used a different plane to ferry them up there. He was in the Piper only to pick up the meat.

[minnesota_bound]

#4 He should have strapped a flying squirrel to the wing, not moose....

[WASCWatch]

Weight and balance is important. No way that plane handle one pilot and 500# of meat.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Got it!
(My checklist was out-of-date. Your effort prevented a serious moosestake. Thank you. )

[Elsie]

Where’s yer sister?

[Elsie]

‘Specially if it was just on ONE strut.

[Elsie]

Not 1^st class anyway...

[Elsie]

But was it the SAME plane?

[SaveFerris]

[as seven people+equipment weigh less than one person+600 lbs of moose meat and antlers.]

“more” you mean?