MICHIGAN — Home Builders Association of Southeastern Michigan President David S. Compo, his wife Michelle and their son Dawson died Saturday afternoon when their private plane crashed into a home in Lyon Township, Michigan just a half a mile from the the Oakland Southwest Airport which was their destination.
The single-engine Piper PA-24 Comanche crashed into a home in the area at 3:47 p.m. local time, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Miraculously, five people who were inside the home walked away uninjured.
The family had flown to Canton, Georgia on December 29 and was returning home Saturday.
“The Compo family has been a significant part of HBA’s history for decades and David has been instrumental in helping the association weather the many obstacles HBA faced during 2020,” the association said. “Our hearts go out to David’s mother, Janet Compo, who served as HBA’s president in 1995, brother Christopher and Lisa Compo and the extended family.”
