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Old May 14th 07, 12:42 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Allen[_1_]
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Default Apartment dweller sues Cory Lidle's estate for destroying his apartment


"Peter R." wrote in message
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A couple of weeks ago there was a thread about Cory Lidle's widow suing
Cirrus and a bunch of other deep pockets for damages after her husband's
Cirrus SR20 attempted to perform a 180 degree turn over the East River and
slammed into an apartment building on the east side of Manhattan, killing

the
NY Yankees pitcher and a flight instructor.
From the USA Today's website, in part (copyright USAToday):

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Lidle estate sued over plane crash


(http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...tate-lawsuit_N.
htm?csp=34)

NEW YORK (AP) - Stephane Sparta was at home in his 31st floor apartment

when
New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle's small plane crashed into the floor
below.

The plane didn't hit Sparta, "but it gave him quite a shock," said his
lawyer, David C. Cook. "It came as close to giving him a haircut as you

can
get."
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Peter


Seems like he may want to sue Cirrus too.

From the AvWebflash:

Last week Cirrus issued a mandatory Service Bulletin that requires the
replacement of some control system parts that, in specific cross control
circumstances, can cause the rudder and aileron controls to jam. The Service
Bulletin was issued a month after the controls jammed on a relatively new
SR20 as a student pilot was lining up for takeoff at Leesburg, Va. According
to the NTSB report, the student had applied full right rudder and full left
aileron and both systems locked. His instructor aborted the takeoff safely.
Investigators found control system parts tangled together and were able to
repeat the jamming action. In its Service Bulletin, Cirrus calls for new
parts that will prevent the entanglement and it also notes that the jamming
has never been reported in aircraft with properly rigged controls. However,
the relatively simple fix for the technical issue could affect a lawsuit
stemming from the crash of New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle's SR20 last
October