Experienced pilot and Oakland County businessman David Compo did not obtain an official weather briefing or file a flight plan for the final, fatal personal flight he, his wife and their son took Jan. 2.
A preliminary report released last week by the National Transportation Safety Board highlighted some oddities prior to Compo’s small plane crashing into a Lyon Township home, killing the Compo family and inflaming the other family’s residence.
Aviation experts tend to recommend the use of weather briefings and flight plans, according to Internet research.
The NTSB report details the last hour of the Compo family’s in-flight travels from Canton, Georgia.
NTSB report suggests pilot error in deadly Lyon Township plane crash
3 killed when plane crashed into home
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LYON TOWNSHIP, Mich. – National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report on the fatal plane crash in Lyon Township.
The small plane crashed into a Lyon Township home and had three people on board. They were identified as David Compo, his wife Michele and their son Dawson.
“This has not been a good start to 2021, that’s for sure,” Danielle Mudzwova said.
Mudzwova said she’s still dealing with everything that happened. She lived in the home that the plane crashed into.
January 12, 2021 By Jessica Mathews / news@whmi.com
A family of three killed after hitting a tree and crashing into a Lyon Township home will be laid to rest this week.
60-year-old pilot David S. Compo, his 55-year-old wife Michele and their 18-year-old son Dawson were killed January 2nd when the single-engine Piper PA-24 crashed into a home on Dakota Drive in the Orchards of Lyon subdivision â about a half mile from their final destination. The five occupants of the home were able to safely escape. The Compo family had been returning from a short holiday trip to Canton, Georgia. David Compo, the former president of the Home Builders Association of Southeastern Michigan, was reported to be an experienced, licensed pilot.
Lyon Township family who lost home in plane crash receives overwhelming support from community
3 killed in plane crash on Saturday
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On Saturday, a plane carrying a family of three crashed into the Mudwzova family home.
Former president of the Home Builders Association of Southeastern Michigan and president of Compo Home Builders, David Compo, his wife Michele and their son Dawson died in the Lyon Township plane crash.
Fortunately, the Mudwzova family made it out safely.
The family had gone into the kitchen for a snack and managed to escape the crash right before it happened.
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“I just cannot put the words together to thank everyone. This is truly a miracle that my children are all alive,” said Mudzwova.
Home Builders Association president, wife and son identified as victims in fatal plane crash
Updated Jan 10, 2021;
Editor’s Note: This story was updated as Michele Compo’s name was incorrectly spelled in the earlier version.
OAKLAND COUNTY, MI The pilot and two passengers who died when their private plane crashed into a New Hudson home Saturday afternoon have been identified.
The pilot of the plane was David S. Compo, former president of the Home Builders Association of Southeastern Michigan. Compo, along with his wife Michele Compo and their son Dawson, died in the crash, a news release from the association states.