Ralph,

You're the ONLY manufacturer that would buy out a customer's crash. No engine crashes a plane and we both know that. Lack of flying skill, electing to fly low and slow, hovering low with no chance of recovery if an engine (or anything else) fails , now those cause crashes when an engine quits. Every one of those is an action taken based upon the personal whim and decisions made by the operator. All pilots are taught to maintain enough altitude to provide glide speed for a safe forced landing. Failing to do that is a choice.

Second, just how and why did an engine quit? Was it enough engine for the aircraft in the first place? Correctly propped? Correctly tuned? Was the ignition battery charged? There's just too many customer induced factors that influence an engine to run or not run.

Put a stop payment on the check and let them complain. Buy back the engine perhaps but the plane is on them.