Daniel R. Herr

The FAA should increase its oversight of Kelly to reduce Kelly's high incidence of product defects. Kelly's failures are an economic burden to the industry. Even for those who do not have the turbos listed in this AD (and my two GTSIO-520-Ns are not affected), there is a cost to checking part numbers and serial numbers. And for those whose turbos need to be replaced, even if Kelly covers parts and labor, Kelly does not cover the downtime to the aircraft. The FAA should not cooperate with Kelly to outsource the costs of Kelly's defects. The FAA should impose punitive fines on Kelly for its defects. If the fines turn out to be insufficient to motivate Kelly to increase it quality, the FAA should begin to revoke Kelly's certifications.