Details Emerge To Make the Verdict Seem Even More Questionable Than Before
News/Analysis/Commentary By James R. Campbell, ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief
In a statement released to ANN, Lycoming has signaled that it is likely to appeal the massive $26 million verdict reported previously. The Cessna 172 involved, an airframe with nearly ten thousand hours and several hundred hours on the engine in excess of TBO, showed no evidence that the O-320 failed prior to impact. The NTSB found that the ATP-rated pilot appeared to have been at fault in its Probable Cause report, blaming, "The p