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 ...

A deadly 2023 Utah plane crash was likely caused by the pilot, a North Dakota lawmaker, becoming disoriented while taking off ...

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 ...