A North Dakota Senate leader says a state senator, his wife and their two young children died when the small plane they were traveling in crashed in Utah. Doug Larsen's death, along with the death of his wife Amy and their two young children, was confirmed Monday in an email that Republican Senate Majority Leader David Hogue sent to his fellow senators.

A state senator from North Dakota, his wife and their two young children died when the small plane they were traveling in crashed in Utah, a Senate leader said Monday.

Doug Larsen’s death was confirmed Monday in an email that Republican Senate Majority Leader David Hogue sent to his fellow senators and was obtained by The Associated Press.

The plane crashed Sunday evening shortly after taking off from Canyonlands Airfield about 15 miles (24 kilometers) north of Moab, according to a Grand County Sheriff’s Department statement posted on Facebook. The sheriff’s office said all four people on board the plane were killed.

  • krayj@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    561·
    1 year ago

    It’s not evident from the article, but I did some additional digging to find additional details.

    The plane was a 1966 Piper PA-23 (a 4-seater)…which means the plane was not being piloted by an unnamed 5th person but by either Doug or his wife (and probably by Doug, considering he was a North Dakota Army National Guard Lieutenant Colonel in command of the 112th Aviation Battalion).

    • incendiaryperihelion@lemm.eeEnglish
      47·
      1 year ago

      they mention near the end of the article that his wife is reputed to have completed her first flight or something according to their social media, and that the NTSB spokesperson said that it wasnt clear who was piloting