Conclusion
I am satisfied that the instructions in the Maintenance Manual relating to the
inspection of the flexplate, particularly the instruction to verify its security, were, in
light of the provisions of the Manual relating to torque stripes, adequate to address
the risk of failure of the flexplate from an inadequately torqued bolted joint.
It follows that Robinson took reasonable care to address that risk; and that neither the
helicopter nor the Maintenance Manual had a “defect”, for the purposes of s 75AD
and s 75AE of the TPA. The plaintiffs’ claims accordingly fail.