The plugins for the flight panels have been a big cause of CTD for me, and many others it seems. Someone here said the panels are more stable when plugged into USB 2.0 ports, and that seems to have been my experience.
The annoying issue I have with them is when I close the sim there is always a plugin that keeps on running after the close down and I can’t restart the sim again until I’ve gone into the task manager located the still running plugin and close it down. Only then can I boot the sim.