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   AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Thursday, 24-Jul-2025 08:10:18 JST AI6YR Ben

   Plane overloaded with moose meat. #moosemeat #aviation

   NTSB Accident Report

   "The night of the accident, the pilot stated that he overloaded the airplane with moose meat and
   was forced to land after takeoff; he later stated that he did not know what caused the lack of
   climb performance, but “maybe it was a lack of engine power.” Additionally, he reported that
   he estimated the meat’s weight without weighing it, but he was confident that, including the
   load, the airplane’s takeoff weight was within the maximum gross weight limit, which was
   1,760 lbs. The investigation was unable to determine the actual takeoff weight of the airplane
   due to the remote location of the accident and inaccessibility of the evidence."

   https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/100338/pdf

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     Jim Hubbell (dougfir@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 24-Jul-2025 08:10:14 JST Jim Hubbell

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     • W6KME
     • Lee from Colorado

     @W6KME @colo_lee @ai6yr
     I see these interesting comments and know something strange is at the beginning of the thread.

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     W6KME (w6kme@mastodon.radio)'s status on Thursday, 24-Jul-2025 08:10:16 JST W6KME

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     • Lee from Colorado

     @colo_lee @ai6yr Hell, even when I'm flying commercial I carefully weigh all the moose meat I have.

     Minoru Saba repeated this.
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     Lee from Colorado (colo_lee@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 24-Jul-2025 08:10:17 JST Lee from Colorado

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     @ai6yr I have to admit that every time I've loaded moose meat onto a small plane, I've eyeballed the weight and been very sure of exactly how much moose meat I loaded ...