Majority of accidents IFR, CFIT during takeoff and approach phase.
Weekend warriors at the helm with few hours, an overconfidence likely eminating from their occupational field and the gizmo onboard their planes , but lacking a sound, current knowledge of the rules and flying skills without frequent flying experience (read ifr) and often just due to a lack of operational experience total time wise and in crap wx ...
My understanding is the FAA lowered CIR requirements/hours some time back- why!?
Are we surprised at all then this is happening?
The cirrus is just the new dr killer, replacing the mooney, baron, bonanza etc