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.

A plane crash that killed an Alaska lawmaker’s husband was caused by too much moose meat and antlers on board, officials say. Representative Mary Peltola’s husband, Eugene Peltola, died on ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU/Gray News) - A crash that killed former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola’s husband in rural Alaska during a 2023 hunting trip was caused by the plane being overloaded with moose ...

A plane that crashed and killed the husband of then-U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, two years ago was overloaded with moose meat and antlers, federal investigators said this week.

The agency’s preliminary report, released weeks after the crash, initially said the plane was carrying over 500 pounds of moose meat when Eugene Peltola took off.

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 ...