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Family files suit after pilot dies in Smyrna plane crash

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SMYRNA, TN (WSMV) -

The family of a pilot who crashed a plane in Smyrna is suing the company that made the autopilot system for wrongful death.

Roc Abou-Sakher died when the plane he piloted crashed last March into a field right by a church in Smyrna.

The lawsuit claims the pilot was on a maintenance flight after the installation of the new autopilot and avionics system and that system would not allow Abou-Sakher to take control of the aircraft before it crashed.

The pilot's widow and five children are suing the equipment makers, Garmin and S-Tec, and the Smyrna Air Center, which installed the equipment.

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