The head of the US Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, says the crash of John F Kennedy Jr's Piper Saratoga II, which remains under investigation, should not prompt changes to the rules under which private pilots without instrument ratings may fly. Phil Boyer told a US Government Congressional panel that investigators must consider a number of causes for the fatal accident, including weather, faulty decision-making, equipment or structural failure and birdstrike.
Source: Flight International
