Posted on 04/26/2026 9:11:53 AM PDT by DFG
A top North Dakota lawmaker was killed in a small plane crash just moments after takeoff, police said.
Rep. Liz Conmy and a pilot died on Saturday afternoon after the aircraft crashed into a nearby park in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, around noon, state Sen. Tim Mathern told the Star Tribune.
The mother of four was aboard a Beechcraft BE33 on the runway at Crystal Airport when the aircraft suddenly 'couldn't get up in the air,' Metropolitan Airports Commission spokesperson Jeff Lea said, the outlet reported.
Conmy, 67, and the unidentified pilot were pronounced dead after the fiery crash, the Brooklyn Police Department said.
Although authorities have not yet identified either of the victims, Mathern said one of Conmy's family members confirmed to him that she died in the crash.
He also said that the late Democrat had a good friend who is a pilot, and that she flew with them for the past year-and-a-half, according to the report.
'She was a very zest-filled person, and we will all miss her,' Mathern, Conmy's running mate, said of his late colleague.
Horrifying footage captured the moment the aircraft plummeted into the ground, causing a massive fireball.
Startled neighbors recalled hearing a loud boom and seeing bright orange flames spark.
'I was in the house, in my bedroom, and my daughter was eating cereal at the kitchen table, and there was a really loud boom,' Ashley Capp, who lives across the street from the crash site, told Fox 9.
Kim Clark, another local whose outdoor surveillance camera captured the crash from across the street, said everyone immediately called the police.
'We look across the street, and it was a huge flame, huge fire. And then everybody started calling 911, and some people were getting close to see if there were [sic] anybody alive.
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Why do people fly in these things ? Is flying commercial soo.. beneath them ?
She retired from the University of Minnesota, moved to North Dakota, then got elected the the North Dakota legislature as a Democratic candidate.
May her and the pilot rest in peace. Thankfully no one else was hurt.
Several reasons.
They can fly on their own schedule. They can fly to airports not serviced by commercial. They can carry things not allowed on commercial.
Lots of things to consider here, among them the possibility of fuel contamination by water, improper density altitude calculations or improper weight and balance.
You obviously don’t enjoy flying.
Minnesota politicians and planes don’t seem to get along well.
Doctor killer, second place to the V-tail Bonanza. Honorable mention to the Baron 58.
I’ve never been trained as a pilot, but those I know who have usually say that nothing compares to the experience of being in flight and navigating your way amongst the clouds.
I’ve spoken to long retired airmen, and even those past 85 still long for that thrill. As Sinead O’Connor sang;
“Nothing Compares!”
Weather, weight and balance, and cockpit management of critical speeds gets those that are focused on concerns other than preflight planning realities.
How come none of the articles listed her political affiliation?
Liz Conmy was an American politician who served as a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives from 2022 until her death in a small plane crash. She represented the 11th district, alongside Gretchen Dobervich. She was a member of the Democratic–NPL.
The North Dakota Democratic–Nonpartisan League Party (D-NPL) is the state affiliate of the national Democratic Party, formed in 1956 by merging the North Dakota Democratic Party with the Nonpartisan League. It is one of only two state Democratic Party affiliates to have a different name from the central party, the other being the neighboring Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party.
CONTAMINATED FUEL???
Yes, this is true.
Nearly complete freedom (and responsibility), as well as mastery of executive functions of the cognitive processes.
“He also said that the late Democrat had a good friend who is a pilot, and that she flew with them for the past year-and-a-half, according to the report.”
Her party affiliation is in the 6th line.
Here in CA I can readily think of at least a dozen major or very substantial airports that allow substantial intrastate jet travel. Don’t know, but I suspect North Dakota doesn’t have that advantage
Maybe she knew too much, or something...
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