The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration will monitor Textron Inc.’s
engines business after finding quality control problems affected
some engines it built, the Wall Street Journal said, citing the
regulator.
Engines built by Textron’s Lycoming unit since 1997, the IO-
540, TIO-540 and LTIO-540 models, fitted in Textron’s Cessna T206
Stationaire, as well as Piper Mirage, Malibu, Mojave, Navajo,
Saratoga and Aerostar models, the paper said.
The agency also issued a new emergency order, expected to be
effective Friday, calling for further mandatory crankshaft
inspections on Lycoming’s 300-horsepower engines.
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Malfunctions may
have caused 18 engine failures since 1999, the paper said. Textron
is “working closely with the FAA to implement additional process-
controls in order to ensure that this problem won’t recur,”
Textron spokeswoman Susan Bishop told the Journal.
This month, Textron said it will incur costs of $27 million
recalling potentially faulty crankshafts on about 950 small-plane
engines made by Lycoming. The Federal Aviation Administration
ordered plane operators to replace crankshafts after an Aug. 4
fatal accident involving a Piper Malibu plane raised concerns.
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