EAST HAVEN, Conn. — Federal investigators say pilot error in windy conditions caused a plane to crash into two Connecticut houses last year, killing four people.
The National Transportation Safety Board report last month says former Microsoft executive Bill Henningsgaard, of Medina, caused the 10-seat plane to stall and crash in August 2013 when he failed to maintain airspeed while banking “aggressively” in gusty tail wind conditions.
The aircraft flipped upside down and crashed into two houses in East Haven during a landing attempt.
The crash killed Henningsgaard; his son, Maxwell, 17; and two children in one of the homes — Sade Brantley, 13, and her 1-year-old sister, Madisyn Mitchell.