A deadly 2023 Utah plane crash was likely caused by the pilot, a North Dakota lawmaker, becoming disoriented while taking off at night without runway lights, federal aviation investigators said. The National Transportation Safety Board said in its final report that Larsen lost his visual reference to the horizon and flew into rocky terrain.

A private plane crash near the Pitt-Greenville Airport on Friday morning, and although no survivors were located, human remains were found at the scene and North Memorial Drive being closed for the day.