The parents of a women who was killed along with five others in a skydiving aviation accident have filed a lawsuit against the maker of the aircraft engine and several others alleging engine failure caused their daughter’s death.
The lawsuit filed by Vivian and Susan Delacroix names United Technologies, which manufactured the PT6A turboprop engines, Quantum Leap Skydiving Center that ran the club and Sullivan airport, which serviced the plane. Adventure Aviation, the company that owned the plane and the pilot Scott Cowan who died in the accident were also named defendants.
According to the plaintiff’s lawyer Gary C. Robb, the plane crashed not long after takeoff from the Sullivan airport last month. “Our initial investigation points to a right engine failure just after takeoff,” he said.
The National Transportation Safety Board, the agency that investigates all aviation accidents, has suggested that the plane crash was most likely caused by engine failure. However, the final analysis won’t be complete for several months.
The lawsuit claims that witnesses saw the right engine of the plane burst into flames after takeoff. The aircraft was at too low of an altitude for the skydivers to jump out and save themselves.
The lawsuit seeks unspecified monetary and punitive damages for pain and suffering, lost income capacity, medical and funeral expenses, and more.
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