Former Microsoft Exec Dies in Connecticut Plane Crash

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By Bonnie Wertheim2013-08-10 11:54:53 -0400

A former Microsoft executive and his son died in a small plane crash on Friday.

At 11:25 a.m. on Friday, a propeller plane that Bill Henningsgaard (picture, above, on the right) piloted crashed into two homes in East Haven, CT, The Hartford Courant reported. Henningsgaard worked at Microsoft for 14 years.

As of Saturday morning, East Haven Police have recovered four bodies from the crash, two of which were Henningsgaard and his son Maxwell. They had been visiting colleges on the East Coast, including Yale, according to NBC News .

Henningsgaard was previously involved in a plane crash in 2009. At the time, he was one of two survivors.

The Courant also reported that medical examiners will conduct autopsies on the bodies.

Social Venture Partners, a philanthropy network that included Henningsgaard, issued a statement Friday evening regarding his passing:

There are hundreds of people that have a story about Bill –- when he went the extra mile, when he knew just the right thing to say, how he would never give up. He was truly all-in for this community, heart, mind and soul. After he did just about everything he could at SVP and then Youth Eastside Services, he moved on to i-labs and now Eastside Pathways, and many other points along the way. One of the true losses is how much more he had to give, but his legacy is one of authentic, caring commitment to this world.

Image: Social Venture Partners

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