Editing Strict liability (section)

===General aviation===
The trend toward strict liability in the United States during the mid to late 20th century nearly destroyed the small aircraft industry by the mid 1990s. Production had dropped from a peak of 18,000 units per year in 1978 to under only a few hundred by 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressOffice.Speeches&ContentRecord_id=C553EEEA-CED4-4492-AA9C-7AB38346475F|title=United States Senator John McCain|website=mccain.senate.gov|access-date=2018-07-19|archive-date=2017-12-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212084213/https://www.mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressOffice.Speeches&ContentRecord_id=C553EEEA-CED4-4492-AA9C-7AB38346475F}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite journal|url=https://www.questia.com/library/journal/1G1-20448657/general-aviation-revitalization-act-its-effect-on|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227043219/http://www.questia.com/library/journal/1G1-20448657/general-aviation-revitalization-act-its-effect-on|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 27, 2014|title=General Aviation Revitalization Act: Its Effect on Manufacturers|last=Kister|first=Thomas H.|date=1 January 1998|journal=Defense Counsel Journal|volume=65|issue=1}}</ref> With a concurrent increase in the cost of liability insurance per airplane rising from $50 in 1962 to $100,000 in 1988, and many underwriters had begun to refuse all new policies.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.freepatentsonline.com/article/Transportation-Journal/17572867.html |title=The rise and fall of general aviation: Product liability, market structure, and technological innovation |access-date=2018-07-19 |archive-date=2017-07-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711045020/http://www.freepatentsonline.com/article/Transportation-Journal/17572867.html }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bls.gov/productivity/|title=Productivity Home Page|website=Bureau of Labor Statistics}}</ref><ref>AOPA Pilot staff, "Cessna Suspends Production of All Piston Models," ''AOPA Pilot'' magazine, July 1986, pp.24-25, Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association, Washington, D.C.</ref><ref name="auto"/>