A new report says the small plane that crashed in rural Alaska earlier this month, killing the husband of U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, was carrying more than 500 pounds of moose meat and antlers
, was carrying more than 500 pounds of moose meat and antlers from a remote hunting camp when it went down shortly after takeoff, according to an investigation report released Thursday.
Eugene Peltola Jr., 57, was the only person aboard the plane that crashed Sept. 12 about 65 miles northeast of the small western Alaska community of St. Mary’s. He was initially found conscious but died at the scene, the initial report from the National Transportation Safety Board states. According to the report, 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 the group set up camp next to a landing strip. The plan was for the group to hunt for moose and have it taken back to Holy Cross. On Sept. 11, the group got a moose and made plans with Peltola, via satellite messaging devices, for him to transport the meat the next day.
Peltola and one of the hunters talked about the weather and wind, which was “intermittently variable and gusting,” and some in the group told Peltola the gusts were stronger at the departure end of the airstrip, according to the report. There was no evidence to indicate catastrophic engine failure and the plane was not emitting smoke or vapors, the report says.Peltola was a former Alaska regional director for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and worked for years for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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