Federal aviation investigators say a deadly 2023 Utah plane crash was likely caused by the North Dakota lawmaker piloting the aircraft who became disoriented as he took off at night without turning on the runway lights.
North Dakota state Sen. Doug Larsen, his wife and their two young sons died when the small plane Larsen was piloting crashed near the desert recreation town of Moab, Utah, after a refueling stop. They were on their way home after visiting family in Scottsdale, Arizona, when the plane's landing gear struck a hill and brought the aircraft crashing down.
