CASE NO.: CIWO-0007811
ANASTASIA THERESA STEWART, Mividually ti
Suviving Wife and a$ Personal Reprcsentati~c of the
ESTATE OF wlUJAhl PAW STEWART.
Deceased, fir hesself, Decedent's Estate, the
Di&ibutw there& ad on bchaU of her Decedent's
Dwgbter, CHELS~ STEWART, ad San,
WELlAM AARON STEWART,
SUNJkT AVIATION, INC., a Florida cqmatim, a.
J?u SURE9 om, INC., a fot-cigl corpora~on,
COMES NOW the Plaintin: ANASTASIA THERBA (EUGEY) STEWART. AS
PERSONAL REF'RESENTATTVE OF THE ESTATE OF WILL&M PAYNE STEWART, by
and thrmgh the undersip& attorneys and files this Complaint and Dmand for Jury
aghst defmhnt~ SUNJETAVIATIQN, INC., a Fhida corpara.ti~ andJET SHKRES ONE,
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2. Pltiti.@ MASTASIA mRJ3A (TRACEY) STEWART bci#g a &dat-
citizen of Oraqc County, Florida w duly qpointti Personal Rqmsmtiti~e of
OF WILLa PAYNE STl3VA.W how pmfessianally as PAYNE STEWART~ Dcceasevj,
and, (55 such, she btigs this action for her Dscbnt's wmqful dmh.
3. At the time of and prim to his untimely dearth on October 25, 1999,
WTLLfAM PAYNE STIZVIART (Dale of Birth hnuary 30, 1957) was a midcut citizen of the
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WELlAM AARON STEWART,
At all timeE makia.l berctq Dcfmdant SUNJET AWLlION,
and was a corpokatiorl organized and existing under and by virtue of iht Laws of Florida that
engaged in air!mqnrMon pursuant tu an air carrier operating cerdficate issued to it by the
and operator of civil m in air commcrcc and air tmnsportatior~ including 1 Lw@et Model
Prior la d@ng Orkxia Sanford Airport as afore&, Captain Rling, as pilot ia
Th IFR flight plan filed by Cqtajn Kling with the St. Petersburg AFSS
T&as at a cruising altitude of39,OOO feet 390) with a prqmed dcparhre time
Mayo Sector Controller at Sacksonvillc ARTCC to qort climbing throqh 23,060 feet for 26,000
EST and aknowled&g further ATC clcarauce to climb to ~cl.
maintain 39,000 f&t (FL3901 was the last tbmmunic&n heard Born N47BA
EST, the aircraft was observed an Jacksonville ARTCC Radar to be proceeding OIL couse towards
As N47EA was tubing tbrt%gh 36,500 feat at approximately 9:33:3& am.
Petersbug AFSS UUI, after contact& pusonucl at ' SUNET'S QpGaiOns altar, the Mission
+ approximatsIy 11:00 aa EST, the pilot of a U.S. Air Fomo F-16 fig&r
of two U.S. Air FOTCC F-16 aired vcctmd to it by the FAA'6 Mimeapah ARTCC fof fbthcr
NUBA occurred to hdicatc awrcness by its crew dtie near proximity of the fighter aircrak
by the joint and stveral aegligdlzcq ~ardess acts and omissioaq wilfkl mkmducg gma aad.
a Use of civil ai& N47BA in FAR PW 135 operations which Defendant lcaew
Failutc to properly inspCa, maintain, repair and ust the cabin pssrue system of
at cabin pressure altitidc k cxccss of 10,000 feet MSL;
Failure Zo pmpdy itisptet, maintain and sticr the oxygen supply and QWDE
h Failure of the crew oPN47BA to conduct a proper preflight inspection on October 25,1999 of
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