Dave Stadt wrote:

It's not me comparing apples to oranges it's those comparing Cessna
accidents to Cirrus accidents forgetting the Cessna fleet is near infinite
compared to the Cirrus fleet.

No argument there, it really is apples & oranges. My point in making
the Piper and Cessna comparison is that the Cirruses (Cirri?) aren't
crashing any more often than other makes, it just seems that way
because of heightened interested in the type, (especially after the NYC
crash) thereby an accident involving a Cirrus stands out more. Maybe
it's a perception thing? With Cirrus cranking out so many planes now,
and surpassing Cessna in piston single sales/production, I'd expect
we'll hear of more accidents simply due to the rapidly expanding fleet.
I don't think it's an indictment of the safety of Cirrus aircraft,
though.