Lycoming SB

[Let'sgoflying!]

Is aviation the only industry where the purchasers of a defective product also usually pay for the replacement of the recalled part and all its consequences? At least they are offering something, but I can't beleive there isn't an aviating attorney out there that hasn't been bitten by these and gone for a C.A.L.

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AOPA QUESTIONS LOGIC OF POSSIBLE LYCOMING AD
The other boot has dropped, and it's a size 15. Lycoming has issued a
service bulletin calling for the "retirement" of some 5,000 crankshafts
in engines ranging from the O-360 to the IO-720. And the FAA is considering
an airworthiness directive (AD) that would make the service bulletin (SB)
mandatory for Part 91 aircraft owners. "Even Lycoming concedes that there
have been no failures with these crankshafts," said Luis Gutierrez, AOPA
director of regulatory and certification policy. "The FAA needs to do its
homework and ensure that there is compelling, risk-based data to support
what will be an expensive proposition for owners."
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[The rogue]

Well, since only rich people fly, surely we have all kinds of money to throw away on a problem that was caused by the manufacturer!

You don't expect those small, poor engine companies to pay for their mistakes do you?

I think I hear a class action attorney signing an option to buy on a place in Beverly Hills.

--Matt

 

[Tom-D]

the manufacturer never had a problem, that is until low parts sales.

So now they use the service bulletin to promote sales.

If you have no problem? create one.

Even without the AD you will buy a new one at overhaul time.