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Mon, Nov 05, 2007

Liability Issues Prompt Lead Airmotive To Dump Carbs

No Support Or Parts Available From Precision

Aircraft owners, mechanics and builders who were planning on purchasing from Precision Airmotive LLC will be disappointed to hear that the company has discontinued sales of all float carburetors and component parts as of November 1, 2007.

Precision Airmotive LLC and its 43 employees currently manufacture and support the float carburetors used in nearly all carbureted general aviation aircraft flying today. Precision has been the manufacturers of these carburetors since 1990.

The company cites their "inability to obtain product liability insurance" as the reason for the immediate action.

The company's carburetors have a long history of reliability but a lack of insurability has forced the company to quit making them available, according to a company statement.

"These FAA-approved carburetors were designed as early as the 1930s and continue to fly over a million flight hours a yea. After decades of service, the reliability of these carburetors speaks for itself," a release said.

"Nonetheless, Precision has seen its liability insurance premiums rise dramatically, to the point that the premium now exceeds the total sales dollars for this entire product line. In the past, we have absorbed that cost, with the hope that the aviation industry as a whole would be able to help address this issue faced by Precision Airmotive, as well as many other small aviation companies. Our efforts have been unsuccessful."

"This year, despite the decades of reliable service and despite the design approval by the Federal Aviation Administration, Precision Air motive has been unable to obtain product liability insurance for the carburetor product line. While we firmly believe that the product is safe, as does the FAA, and well-supported by dedicated people both at Precision and at our independent product support centers, unfortunately the litigation costs for defending the carburetor in court are unsustainable for a small business such as Precision."

Precision Airmotive will no longer sell, or offer product support, or parts for its float carburetors, and said that it has notified engine manufacturers in hopes to reduce the impact of the part loss to general aviation.

The company says there is a substantial quantity of parts and carburetors stocked at their distributors, which should be sufficient to support the industry for a short time.

FMI: www.precisionairmotive.com

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