<p>A man has sued an aircraft manufacturer, and repair and maintenance companies for the June 2002 small plane crash that killed his father, grandmother and another woman.</p><p>Calvin M. Miller, the pilot, his mother Addie Stonesifer and girlfriend, Janet Parrish, died when the Piper Malibu crashed in a remote sod farm 25 miles northeast of Orlando.</p><p>Miller, 60, and Parrish, 53, lived together with homes in Naples and Atlanta. Stonesifer, 86, lived in Salisbury, N.C.</p><p>The wrongful death claim, which seeks more than $75,000 in damages, claims the airplane design and manufacture were deficient, as were the autopilot system, the turbine engine installed in the aircraft and a modification done to it before the flight. The suit was filed May 12 by Miller's son, Jeffrey.</p><p>Named in the suit are: New Piper Aircraft Inc., based in Vero Beach; Honeywell International Inc., based in Plantation; Pratt & Whitney Canada, based in Quebec; Rocket Engineering Corp., based in Spokane, Wash.; Jetprop LLC., based in Seattle; and Naples Air Center Inc., based in Naples.</p><p>According to a National Transportation Safety Board report on the crash, Calvin Miller had requested assistance from air traffic controllers to get around a thunderstorm. Controllers then lost radio contact with Miller.</p><p>Witnesses said they last saw Miller's plane in a "spiraling decent," its right wing gone.</p><p>Naples Air Center chief executive officer, Richard Gentil, denies any fault in Miller's death.</p><p>"He was flying very fast in extreme weather," he said.</p><p>___</p><p>HASH(0x2866308)</p>
