Kissick v. Schmierer
Alaska Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MATTHEWS, Justice.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On July 4, 1988, Michael Kissick invited Alan Jonsen, Ernest LeBlanc, and Otto Schmierer to fly with him to Coghill Lake for a fishing trip. Kissick and the three passengers died when the plane crashed into a mountain bordering Burns Glacier.
Kissick was a major in the United States Air Force and a member of the Air Force Elmendorf Aero Club. The Aero Club is an instrumentality of the Air Force, estab*189lished and managed according to Air Force Regulation 215-12. The plane that crashed was owned by the Aero Club and rented by Kissick. The…
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