Textron Inc., the
maker of Cessna airplanes, objected to a parts test of a crashed
aircraft being conducted at a Florida laboratory, asserting it is
biased against the company, the Advertiser newspaper said.
An inquest into the crash of a Piper Chieftain heard Textron
didn’t want the Pensacola lab to assess the parts, the newspaper
said, citing Antony Possingham, a lawyer for the company. Textron
objected to the laboratory because it was acting for the families
of the crash victims. It named six other U.S. labs where it agreed
the tests could be conducted, the Advertiser reported.
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Eight people were killed in May 2000 when the Cessna aircraft
suffered double engine failure over the Spencer Gulf, west of
Adelaide, and fell into the sea. Parts that were to be examined by
the laboratory include a shattered crankshaft from the aircraft’s
left engine, the newspaper reported.
Last August, Rhode Island-based Textron recalled about 950
small-aircraft engines to replace crankshafts on orders from the
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration because of concern over a
defect in the metal of similar components and after a fatal
accident involving a Piper Malibu plane.
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