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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 63-15 (2026)

Collision of aircraft

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The liability of the owners of one aircraft to the owner of another aircraft, or to aeronauts or passengers on either aircraft, for damages caused by collision on land or in the air shall be determined by the rules of law applicable to torts on land. (1929, c. 190, s. 6.)

 

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Cited in 3 cases, 1960–1964 · leading case: Jackson v. Stancil, 116 S.E.2d 817 (N.C. 1960).
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Jackson v. Stancil, 116 S.E.2d 817 (N.C. 1960). · cites it 6× “Now, that is the duty which the defendants owed to the plaintiffs in the case." More specifically, appellant insists that it was error to instruct the jury that defendant owed Smith and Taylor the highest degree of care for their safety, insofar as it is consistent with the…”
Mann v. Henderson, 134 S.E.2d 626 (N.C. 1964). “Whether it resulted from pilot error, adverse flying conditions, mechanical defects, improperly maintained airfields, or otherwise, is left to conjecture.”
Jewell Ridge Coal Corp. v. City of Charlotte, 204 F. Supp. 256 (W.D.N.C. 1962). “Digging the ditch and breaking up the asphalt invoked a correlative duty to give reasonably adequate warning of the unsafe condition.”
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