US News

NTSB’s Final Report Reveals Likely Cause of Plane Crash That Killed North Dakota Lawmaker

The report found that former Rep. Doug Larsen likely experienced spatial disorientation due to low visibility leading to the aircraft’s fatal descent.
NTSB’s Final Report Reveals Likely Cause of Plane Crash That Killed North Dakota Lawmaker
North Dakota Sen. Doug Larsen (2nd L) with his wife, Amy, and their two sons, Christian and Everett at Papago Park in Phoenix on Sept. 29, 2023. Samantha Brammer/Samantha Rose Photography LLC via AP
Juliette Fairley
Juliette Fairley
Freelance reporter
|Updated:
0:00

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued its final report on the death of a North Dakota state senator who died in a plane crash in Moab, Utah, with his family on Oct. 1, 2023.

The report suggested that Rep. Doug Larsen, who formerly represented District 34 as a Republican, who was piloting the plane, experienced spatial disorientation while departing at 8:23 p.m. from Utah’s Canyonlands Regional Airport into an area with low ambient visual light.

Juliette Fairley
Juliette Fairley
Freelance reporter
Juliette Fairley is a freelance reporter for The Epoch Times and NTD and a graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Born in Chateauroux, France, and raised outside of Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, Juliette is a well-adjusted military brat. She has written for many publications across the country. Send Juliette story ideas at [email protected]