San Francisco – March 30, 2026Cooley secured a summary judgment for Textron Aviation, a subsidiary of Textron, in a significant fleetwide dispute concerning the Cessna TTx aircraft.

Textron, a New York Stock Exchange-listed American industrial conglomerate based in Providence, Rhode Island, has revenues exceeding $13 billion. Since 1992, it has owned Cessna, one of the most recognizable names in general aviation manufacturing.

A group of more than 400 individual plaintiffs, owners of Textron’s flagship high-performance aircraft known as the Cessna TTx, sued Textron due to their aircraft exhibiting cosmetic cracking around the windows. The suit alleged that when Textron’s subsidiary Cessna purchased airplane manufacturer Columbia Aircraft Company out of bankruptcy in 2007, Cessna promised to fix all cosmetic cracking in the TTx line regardless of warranty status or whether the owner purchased their aircraft direct from the manufacturer or from a previous owner. The plaintiffs advanced breaches of express and implied warranties, strict products liability, negligence, fraudulent/negligent misrepresentation, and unfair trade practices claims against Textron. The parties selected nine bellwether plaintiffs for a trial that was scheduled for May 11, 2026.

After nearly seven years of litigation, on March 30, District Judge Daniel D. Crabtree granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment, disposing all remaining claims against it.

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The Cooley team advising Textron is led by partner William O’Connor, with special counsel Joshua Siegel, and associates Matthew Martinez, Rachael Heller and Mike Tetreault.

The case is Zone Five, LLC et al. v. Textron Aviation, Inc. before the US District Court for the District of Kansas.

 

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