Whether a maintenance manual is part of an aircraft under GARA

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 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.