Homebuilder David Compo, wife, son killed in Lyon Township plane crash
Family was returning from trip to Canton, Ga.
Compo was award-winning homebuilder involved in the industry for decades
David Compo
Homebuilder David Compo and his family were identified late Saturday as those killed when their small private plane crashed into a Lyon Township home.
Compo, a 60-year-old who was described as an experienced pilot and cofounder of Novi-based Compo Builders Inc., his 55-year-old wife, Michele, and 18-year-old son, Dawson, were returning from a Dec. 29 trip to Canton, Ga., when their single-engine Piper PA-24 Comanche airplane crashed about a half-mile from Oakland/Southwest Airport in New Hudson, the Home Builders Association of Southeastern Michigan said in a news release.
Family of 3 Killed After Their Private Plane Crashes Into Michigan Home People 1/3/2021
Three people were killed after their plane crashed into a Michigan home.
After responding to the scene on Saturday, the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement they found the house, which was located just north of the Oakland/Southwest Airport, “fully engulfed” in flames.
“We have confirmed there are three fatalities at the scene [are] believed to be the occupants and pilot of the plane,” the police said in a statement, while the local fire department noted that the occupants of the house made it out safely.
Businessman, 60, his wife, 55, and their son, 18, are killed when their small plane crashes into Michigan home and bursts into flames - as family-of-five inside escape unharmed
A small plane flying from Georgia to Michigan crashed into a home near a local airport and engulfed it in flames
Business man and experienced pilot David S. Compo, 60, his wife Michelle, 55, and their 18-year-old son Dawson died in the fiery crash
Compo had flown to Canton, Georgia on December 29 and the family was returning home to Michigan in their private plane on Saturday
A family-of-five was inside the home when the plane hit, but escaped unharmed