Federal aviation investigators say a deadly 2023 Utah plane crash was likely caused by the North Dakota lawmaker who piloted ...

Doug Larsen of North Dakota, his wife and two of their children were killed in 2023 when the plane he was piloting crashed in ...

It is likely that the pilot (Larsen) neither had adequate visual references after takeoff nor monitored the airplane’s flight ...

Dark conditions, failure to monitor instrument panel cited as likely causes behind 2023 crash that took the lives of a North ...

The pilot did not use runway or landing lights after takeoff, resulting in his spatial disorientation and the eventual crash.

- In this photo provided by, North Dakota Republican state Sen. Doug Larsen stands for this photo on Dec. 4, 2022, at the ...

so it won't be clear what caused the crash until they finish their full report more than a year from now. Doug and Amy Larsen and their two sons, 11-year-old Christian and 8-year-old Everett ...

which is a model of the Douglas DC-4, was carrying two people when it crashed southwest of Fairbanks International Airport at ...