Jade Schiewe, et al. v. Cessna Aircraft Company
1. Whether a maintenance manual prepared by a
manufacturer of a general aviation aircraft is a part
of an aircraft for the purposes of the General Aviation
Revitalization Action of 1994, PL 103–298, August 17,
1994, 108 Stat 1552, 49 U.S.C. § 40101 note ("GARA").
2. Whether the eighteen-year limitation period of
GARA applies to maintenance manuals such that a
general aviation aircraft manufacturer is immunized by
GARA from liability for injuries arising from its negligence in failing to correct an erroneous provision of a
maintenance manual where the manufacturer is aware
of the error and the maintenance manual was published
more than eighteen years prior to the incident which
caused the injuries.
Whether a maintenance manual is part of an aircraft under GARA