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Here We Go Again.....

From Avweb's Avflash 8.34

RECALL REPEAT: LYCOMING CRANKSHAFTS GROUND AIRCRAFT...
Hundreds of aircraft have been grounded -- some for the second time --
by a recall of Textron-Lycoming engines and an emergency AD issued by
the FAA. The company says the crankshafts in about 900 TIO-540 and
LTIO-540 300 (or greater) horsepower engines could fail. The FAA holds
somewhere near 1,800 serial numbers representative of inferior
crankshafts. Textron spokeswoman Sue Bishop said the recall applies to
new engines purchased in the past three years as well as rebuilds.
What's sure to gall some owners is that some crankshafts installed under
an AD issued in February of this year might be on the list of suspect
parts and have to go back ... again. The new AD was issued after the
fatal crash of a Piper Malibu Mirage in Michigan earlier this month and
17 other crankshaft failures.

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Grounded PA-31's????

Torres

Time to phase our recip dinosaurs and get turbines, eh nasa?

Seems sad CASA may have "phased out" another operator who may ultimately been, at least in part, the victim of circumstance?