Johnson v. Pischke

HUNTLEY, Justice.

This appeal arises out of the following factual situation. Four residents of Estevan, Saskatchewan departed from that city on the morning of May 5, 1979. Aboard the Cessna 172 Skyhawk aircraft were Norman Pischke, pilot, fixed base flying service owner, and owner of the airplane, Brenton Dyer, student pilot, Donald Johnson, passenger, and his daughter Donna Johnson, also a passenger. Their destination was Boise, Idaho. After stops in Williston, North Dakota, and Livingston, Montana, the aircraft crashed that afternoon in the mountains of central Idaho. Mr. Pischke died after…