Amanda Hudson Beck, a Minor, by John H. Chain, Her Next Friend v. Susan Leslie Thompson, of the Estate of James P. Thompson, Deceased

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

James Thompson and Dr. Priscilla Chain Beck died when they were not rescued after Thompson's airplane crashed into the side of Mt. Graham, Arizona. Dr. Beck’s daughter, Amanda Beck, filed this suit and now appeals from entry of an adverse judgment in favor of Thompson’s Estate following a bench trial. Amanda contends that James Thompson breached his duty of care to her mother when he failed to have an authorized emergency locater transmitter on board his Piper Lance aircraft, when he failed to file a flight plan with the Federal Aviation Administration,…