Kerry Lynch stepped into the role of editor of the&nbsp;Aviation International News&nbsp;monthly magazine in May 2022 after serving with&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;for eight years. She joined&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;in December 2014 as a senior editor covering Washington and business aviation news. She has also served on Convention News teams, including as editor of&nbsp;HAI Convention News. Lynch previously spent 25 years with Aviation Week. During her time there, she reported for and later steered&nbsp;The Weekly of Business Aviation, oversaw business aviation content on the&nbsp;Aviation Week Intelligence Network, served on the&nbsp;Show News&nbsp;staff, and held roles as the Washington columnist for&nbsp;Business &amp; Commercial Aviation&nbsp;and&nbsp;Overhaul &amp; Maintenance&nbsp;monthly magazines. In 2021 she was honored with the National Business Aviation Association Platinum Wing Award for lifetime achievement in journalism and was the 2004 recipient of the National Air Transportation Association’s Aviation Journalism Excellence Award. She also has been a recipient of an Aerospace Media Award for business aviation (2022) and NBAA Gold Wing Award (2003, 2024). Lynch graduated from The Ohio State University with a bachelor of arts in journalism.

Editor, AIN monthly magazine

Kerry Lynch

FlightSafety International (FSI) on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Hawker Beechcraft Global Customer Support and more than a dozen other companies over the <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/2014-10-30/king-air-crashes-flightsafety-citation-center">Oct. 30, 2014 crash of a King Air B200 at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport</a> that destroyed an FSI building there. The aircraft, N52SZ, lost power from the left engine on takeoff and crashed into the FSI building, killing the pilot and three others and injuring six more.

 


The NTSB cited the pilot’s failure to maintain lateral control of the airplane after the left engine lost power and his application of inappropriate rudder input. The Safety Board also cited as a contributor the loss of power that occurred for undetermined reasons.

 


FSI filed the lawsuit just before the two-year anniversary of the crash and the filing deadline in liability cases. FSI—which listed numerous companies involved with the manufacture and support of the aircraft, among others—cited negligence, “strict liability” and “implied breach of warranty of merchantability.” Textron Aviation, whose companies are among the main defendants, is not commenting on the lawsuit.

 


In addition to destroying its building, the accident damaged multiple simulators and other equipment and FSI's ability to provide training services “was severely disrupted.” The company is seeking to recover “market value damages, replacement value damages, cost of repair damages, loss of use damages, lost profit damages and other consequential and incidental damages.” FSI did not specify an amount.

FSI Sues for Damages in King Air Crash

The lawsuit lists numerous  companies involved with the manufacture and support of the aircraft, among other interested parties.

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