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FAA Named In Fatal Plane Crash Lawsuit
On July 18, 2004, five people died when a single-engine Piper PA-32-R Saratoga crashed at Wheeling-Ohio County Airport in West Virginia. The NTSB's Probable Cause report states the cause was, " the pilot's failure to maintain terrain clearance while executing an instrument approach. A factor was the night instrument meteorological conditions."
The families of four of those killed have filed lawsuits against the FAA and the pilot - citing negligence. Part of the lawsuit against the FAA claims the FAA knew in June of 2004 the ILS at the airport was not working properly due to a signal reflection caused by the installation of a new ILS antenna. "ILS" stands for Instrument Landing System and is an instrument approach system to provide precise guidance (both laterally and vertically) to an aircraft approaching a runway. By the definition of ILS, it would seem a malfunction in this system at an airport would be extremely hazardous for any aircraft depending on instruments to land safely and could indeed cause a pilot to fail to "maintain terrain clearance".
Eurocopter Loses Choice of Law Fight in Arizona Case
Eurocopter SAS, a French company, lost in its attempt to have french law apply an insurance subrogation case brought against it in Arizona by United States Aviation Underwriters. USAU had paid Wyoming-based Roberts Aircraft Co. more than $1.5 for the loss of the helicopter.
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Plane Crash Lawsuit Filed Against Chalk's
Category: Plane Crash Lawsuits
Injuryboard.com's Miami blog brings my attention to the story of Kendrick Sherman who had a family member die when the Chalk's plane crashed off Miami a few weeks ago. The lawsuit claims that Chalk's knew of wing corrosion problems as far back as 10 years