Ballew v. StandardAero Business Aviation Services, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA FORT MYERS DIVISION JEARD BALLEW, Plaintiff, v. Case No: 2:21-cv-747-JLB-NPM STANDARD AERO BUSINESS AVIATION SERVICES, LLC, Defendant. WILLIAM D. GILSTRAP, Plaintiff, v. Case No: 2:21-cv-748-JLB-NPM STANDARD AERO BUSINESS AVIATION SERVICES, LLC, Defendant. ORDER William Gilstrap, with Jeard Ballew as his second in command, were piloting a Raytheon Hawker twinjet aircraft from Naples Municipal Airport. (Doc. 10.)1 Shortly after takeoff, the two were forced to make an emergency landing due to a faulty nose gear that would not retract. (Id.…