Investigators have released an inquiry into the fatal crash in a mountainous area, where Eugene Peltola Jr., the husband of former U.S. Representative Mary Peltola, was killed in 2023.

Too much Moose meat and a set of antlers strapped to a wing brought a small plane down in Alaska, killing its pilot, accordin ...

Too much moose meat and antlers strapped to a wing caused a deadly small plane crash in Alaska, a nearly two-year long investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board determined in a ...

Too much moose meat and a set of antlers strapped to a wing brought a small plane down in Alaska, killing its pilot, according to a crash report published this week.The presence of a pair of moose ...

A small plane that crashed in 2023 carrying moose meat in Alaska, killing the husband of former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, was overweight and encountered drag from antlers mounted outside, the NTSB says.

A fatal plane crash in Alaska in 2023 may have been caused by excess moose meat and antlers on board, according to a newly-released report.

Initial reports indicated that the plane Eugene Peltola was flying solo crashed soon after takeoff from a remote airstrip in a mountainous region in the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge. Eugene ...

Eugene Peltola had been transporting a small group of hunters into the area and was flying back with moose meat and antlers when the crash occurred.

The group had felled a moose the day before the crash, and arranged for Eugene to transport the meat via the plane. Prior to the crash, the congresswoman's husband had already transported one load of ...