Businessman, wife and son die after private plane crashes and destroys home
Three people and a cat have been killed in the collision when a private aircraft crashed half a mile away from an airport into the side of a house on Saturday afternoon
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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.
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The former president of the Home Builders Association of Southeastern Michigan, David S. Compo, his wife Michelle and their son Dawson died in a Lyon Township plane crash Saturday.
The small plane crashed into a home on Saturday in Lyon Township with all three on board. Fortunately, the family of five who lives in the home made it out safely.
Congress is preparing to convene for the start of a new session, swearing in lawmakers during a tumultuous period as a relative handful of Republicans work to overturn Joe Biden’s victory over President Donald Trump and the coronavirus surge imposes limits at the Capitol.
Family killed in Lyon Township plane crash identified
and last updated 2021-01-03 14:21:55-05
OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. (WXYZ) â A family of three killed when their private plane crashed into a Lyon Township home on Saturday has been identified.
David S. Compo, former president of the Home Builders Association of Southeastern Michigan, his wife Michele and their son Dawson all died in the crash when the plane they were flying crashed into a home Saturday afternoon.
âThere was a huge cloud of smoke, like really tall flames, said neighbor Chase Southwick. We thought the whole house was going to be gone.â