Wal, I've read of your SE trepidation and who am I to try and change your mind?
. For what it's worth, I also learned to fly in a C150 and have hundreds of hours on them, mainly in the bush. I think they are a great aircraft but I prefer P2002JF nowadays for my light-iron perambulations.
One of the sad parts of the SA accident was the apparent full-on nose impact. Ironically, the Tecnams with their classic steel structure and good roll bar do have better occupant protection than many LSAs, something which I took into account when looking for a VLA/LSA to fly. But I'm not sure anything would work with the type of impact that seems to have been sustained.