FILE - In this photo provided by North Dakota Legislative Council, North Dakota Republican state Sen. Doug Larsen stands for this photo on Dec. 4, 2022, at the state Capitol in Bismarck ...

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.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A deadly 2023 Utah plane crash was likely caused by the pilot, North Dakota lawmaker Doug Larsen, becoming disoriented while taking off at night without runway lights ...