Shifting winds and a tree strike were both factors in the small-plane crash near Shaktoolik last month that killed an Alaska aviation legend and an Idaho hunting guide, according to federal investigators.
The wreckage of a Cessna 180H in a June 16, 2023 plane crash northeast of Shaktoolik. Longtime Bush pilot Jim Tweto and Idaho hunting guide Shane Reynolds died in the crash. last month that killed an Alaska aviation legend and an Idaho hunting guide, according to federal investigators.Tuesday on the June 16 wreck. Jim Tweto, 68, of Unalakleet and Shane Reynolds, 45, of Orofino, Idaho, died in the crash.
“What they found was the airplane appears to have struck a large snag – a tree, a dead tree – during takeoff, and subsequently rendered the vertical stabilizer inoperative,” Johnson said. “And the airplane crashed shortly after that.” Tweto planned to fly two more trips that day from the strip, each carrying one of the hunters’ guides plus some gear. Reynolds was the first guide to be flown out, with the second – who told the NTSB he’d seen Tweto fly from the strip on numerous occasions – awaiting the second trip.
A helicopter pilot who responded about 45 minutes later said winds in the area were “unusual” that day, cycling between 10 to 12-knot gusts from the north, calm periods and 5-knot gusts from the south.At the crash site, investigators found a 4-inch-thick tree on the runway’s left side, which had been broken about 4 feet above its base. The broken trunk “displayed fragments of red paint that matched the accident airplane’s paint color,” Hill wrote.
The airplane’s wreckage has been recovered from the crash site, according to Johnson, and is currently in Nome en route to investigators.
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