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From the 07-26-2005 issue of the Wenatchee World:
Plane crash victims sue designers, manufacturer
A Quincy couple whose plane crashed two years ago near Pangborn Memorial Airport is suing the designers of an experimental plane and the maker of a fuel injection system.
Orchardist Thomas Bollinger and his wife, Claire Bollinger, were seriously injured July 26, 2003.
The lawsuit filed Wednesday in Douglas County Superior Court alleges Airflow Performace Inc. of Spartanburg, S.C. sold Thomas Bollinger a flawed fuel injection system.
It also claims that Van's Aircraft Inc. of Aurora Ore., designed the model RV-6A experimental aircraft with a flaw that makes passenger shoulder harnesses ineffective when the tail is damaged.
Van's and Airflow officals declined to comment.
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/GenPDF.asp?id=SEA03LA154&rpt=fa
Seems to me that the person taht installed the part is the one that should be to blame. There is a reason that parts are to be installed according to directions.....
Plane crash victims sue designers, manufacturer
A Quincy couple whose plane crashed two years ago near Pangborn Memorial Airport is suing the designers of an experimental plane and the maker of a fuel injection system.
Orchardist Thomas Bollinger and his wife, Claire Bollinger, were seriously injured July 26, 2003.
The lawsuit filed Wednesday in Douglas County Superior Court alleges Airflow Performace Inc. of Spartanburg, S.C. sold Thomas Bollinger a flawed fuel injection system.
It also claims that Van's Aircraft Inc. of Aurora Ore., designed the model RV-6A experimental aircraft with a flaw that makes passenger shoulder harnesses ineffective when the tail is damaged.
Van's and Airflow officals declined to comment.
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/GenPDF.asp?id=SEA03LA154&rpt=fa
Seems to me that the person taht installed the part is the one that should be to blame. There is a reason that parts are to be installed according to directions.....