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.
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Three people on a private plane died after it crashed into a home in a Detroit suburb.
The family of five who live in the Lyon Township home were unharmed, but the house caught on fire and the family cat died.
The deceased were identified as a recent president of a local Home Builders Association, David S. Compo, his wife Michelle, and son Dawson.
A small private plane crashed into a home in a Detroit suburb on Saturday, killing all three people on board.
The crash started a fire in the Lyon Township home, but the family of five who live there escaped without any injuries. The family s cat died, according to news reports.
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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.