On February 25 a twin engine Cessna 202 (?) (possibly a C402 if at height reported) with comedian Rowan Atkinson and family on board was overhead Tsavo, one of Africa's largest game parks, at about 16,000 feet and 30 minutes into a 75-minute flight from Mombasa to the Kenyan capital, when the pilot fainted

Qantas is one of 17 international airlines that are taking legal action against Sydney Airports Corporation (SAC) over a plan to increase facility charges in April.¹

The Light Aircraft accident rate (accidents per 100,000 flight hours) in the USA has been declining steadily since 1994 and shows a decrease overall of more than 90 percent since record keeping began in 1938 ¹
¹ Source AOPA USA

Friday March 23 Russian Space Station Mir broke up on re-entering earth's atmosphere as planned and lit up the daytime sky over Fiji

A Caribbean DHC6 Twin Otter was destroyed when it crashed into a house on the island of Saint Barthelemy on March 24 with the loss of all 19 persons on board and one on the ground

The manufacturer of the Beech 1900C involved in the accident call their aircraft an airliner and at 16,600-lbs all up weight it can hardly be classified as a light aircraft!

On March 20 in WA a NZ Airforce pilot ejected over the sea from his crippled A4 Skyhawk making it the second A4 loss for Kiwi Land in just over 4 weeks