A Macomb County businessman was one of two men killed when the company-owned helicopter they were in crashed in a remote area of Alcona County near Hubbard Lake in the northern portion of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, according to state and federal investigators.
Michigan State Police in Alcona County said the names of the victims were being withheld pending notification of family members.
WDIV-TV (Channel 4) identified one of the victims as Dan Logghe, 46, of Richmond Township in northern Macomb County, and co-owner of Logghe Stamping Company in Fraser. The other victim reportedly was an employee of the company.
Sgt. Gary Nesbitt of the Michigan State Police post in Richmond said Logghe’s family became concerned when the two hadn’t returned home Sunday after they left in the helicopter for a routine hunting trip on Friday afternoon.
“While the family was in our post making a missing persons report, we received word from the Alpena MSP post that they had found the helicopter wreckage,” Nesbitt said.
“Apparently it was quite common for the two to go to a cabin near Alpena for hunting almost every weekend and then come back on Sunday night. This time, the family hadn’t heard from him on Sunday so by (Monday) morning, they came in to file a report.”
Logghe is vice president of Logghe Stamping Company, family-owned stamping supplier to the automotive and military industry, according to the company website. The company is located on 13 Mile Road near Utica Road in Fraser.
According to a state police news release, the crash site was discovered by a hunter Monday morning in a wooded section of private property in Calendonia Township in the northwest section of Alcona County. Troopers determined the Robinson R-44 helicopter departed the metropolitan Detroit area Friday morning for Alcona County.
Elizabeth Isham Cory, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration said FAA investigators are on their way to the site to begin their investigation into the cause of the crash.
FAA records show the helicopter, which was manufactured in 1995, was owned by Logghe Stamping Company.
Logghe, who ran the company with several cousins, is married with children.
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