SEN. DOUG LARSEN

Feds find no evidence of mechanical failure in plane crash that killed state lawmaker

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Federal investigators say they found no evidence of a mechanical failure before a North Dakota state senator’s plane crashed in Utah last month, killing him, his wife and their two young children, according to a preliminary report released Thursday by the National Transportation Safety Board. Doug and Amy Larsen and their two sons, 11-year-old Christian and…

North Dakota lawmaker killed in Utah plane crash had recently earned commercial pilot’s license

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota lawmaker who had recently received his commercial pilot’s license was flying his own small plane home from a family celebration in Arizona when it crashed in Utah, killing him, his wife and their two young sons, family members said Tuesday. It was the first time state Sen. Doug Larsen of Mandan, and his…

NTSB leading investigation into plane crash killing state senator and family members

Roses rest on the Senate desk of late North Dakota Republican state Sen. Doug Larsen, at the state Capitol in Bismarck, ND. (AP Photo/Jack Dura)MOAB, Utah (KVRR-KFGO) – The National Transportation Safety Board is leading the investigation into Sunday night’s plane crash which killed a state senator from Mandan, his wife and their two sons. Doug Larsen was flying the…