Legal Opinion
Cleveland ex rel. Conservator of Estate of Cleveland v. Piper Aircraft Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided November 15, 1989No. Nos. 86-2112, 86-2265PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVID L. RUSSELL, District Judge.
This case arises from a bizarre set of facts. On July 8, 1983, Edward Charles Cleveland attempted to take off from Mid-Valley Airport, Los Lunas, New Mexico, in a Piper Super Cub Model PA-18-150 aircraft, towing a glider attached to the aircraft’s tail with a rope. Mr. Cleveland was *1542piloting the aircraft from the rear seat and was secured by a seat belt but not a shoulder harness. The front pilot’s seat had been removed the evening before at the direction of Mr. Cleveland and Robert Mudd, the glider pilot and an F.A.A. certified mechanic, and a camera and…
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