[Conservatrix]

I asked because I have read many articles about plane crashes and they all seem to involves a Cessna.... and JFK died on one, too, didn't he? (Unless you think Hillary did it, the topic of another thread)...

I am sorry you think my question is not appropriate but I do have an intense fear of flying and fear for my children who occasionally fly in small planes. It is sometimes wise to try to understand the thing one fears, as other posts have helped me do.

[Onelifetogive]

I asked because I have read many articles about plane crashes and they all seem to involves a Cessna.... and JFK died on one, too, didn't he?

JFK Jr. died in a Piper Saratoga.

[johnny7]

JFK junior was flying at night with little or no night-navigation skills.

[OldFriend]

From yesterday's New York Post

37,000 Cesna Skyhawk sold world wide. It is by far the most popular plane.

There have been 102 deadly crashes.

Popular with families who often use the plane for vacation trips.

[Gunrunner2]

>>I asked because I have read many articles about plane crashes and they all seem to involves a Cessna.... <<

Understand your concern. . .but keep in mind most mishaps involve Cessna's because most light aircraft flown by the general public are Cessna's.

[RogueIsland]

I asked because I have read many articles about plane crashes and they all seem to involves a Cessna

The other posters are right -- you hear about them more because there are a lot of them. Cessnas are the Honda Accords of the sky. They are nice, stable, predictable aircraft. Even spin recovery is docile compared to some other aircraft (not that I'd want to have to do it at pattern altitude), and stalls are fairly placid affairs.

Usually when I read an account of a fatal Cessna crash, it involves a pilot flying into icing conditions or weather he is not prepared for. It's not hard to quickly get in over your head in an airplane if you aren't very careful at all times.