![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The guide had turned away during the takeoff and did not see the entire departure, the report said. He had flown with Tweto from that airstrip many times and said it was normal for the plane to dip below the airstrip and out of sight before it began climbing. The Cessna 180′s downhill and downwind departure from the airstrip appeared normal, the guide who remained at the camp later told NTSB investigators. The hunters’ camp was situated atop the hill at the end of the airstrip, Johnson said. He dropped off two clients during the first trip and returned about an hour later to pick up one guide and some of the gear during the second trip. Tweto was operating a charter flight for Golden Eagle Outfitters and planned to make three trips to pick up a group of bear hunters and their gear, the report said. The 750-foot airstrip is on a rock- and grass-covered ridgeline, the preliminary report said. Tweto, who was 68, and 45-year-old Idaho outdoor guide Shane Reynolds died in the crash. He had landed and departed from the airstrip where the June 16 crash took place many times in the past, said Clint Johnson, the chief of Alaska’s NTSB office. Jim Tweto, who gained celebrity through his family’s reality TV show, the Discovery Channel series “Flying Wild Alaska,” was known for being a skilled pilot dedicated to rural Alaska. (Marc Lester / ADN)Ī famed Alaska bush pilot’s plane struck a tree while departing a remote ridgeline airstrip last month near Shaktoolik and then crashed onto the tundra, killing both people onboard, a National Transportation Safety Board report released Tuesday said.Ī helicopter pilot who responded to the scene reported “unusual” winds in the area soon after the crash, the preliminary report said. Tweto died in a plane crash in Western Alaska on June 16. Photos of Jim Tweto are shown during a slideshow at the Alaska Aviation Museum during a memorial for Jim Tweto on June 20, 2023. ![]()
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