The King Air 100 that went in killing Senator Wellstone and company was a charter commercial operation under Part 91 of the FAR. The accident free year was on certificated air carriers operating under Part 121, i.e. airlines carrying passengers.
Sympathies for the families of all today, this week....North Carolina, Turkey, where else?
Let's let the investigators do their jobs, ignore most of the general purpose press reports because they do not know what they are talking about and keep on going, hopefully a little safer and with our priorities a little straighter.