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Here are some proper statistics from the American FAA for the year 2005.
These are the number of FATAL accidents for that year alone:
ALL AIRCRAFT 326 Fatal Accidents
SINGLE-ENGINE PISTON AIRPLANE 239 Fatal Accidents
MULT-ENGINE PISTON AIRPLANE 30 Fatal Accidents
TURBOPROP AIRPLANE (I.E. the type in question) 21 Fatal Accidents
JET AIRPLANE 3 Fatal Accidents
AMATEUR BUILT 59 Fatal Accidents
So, just in the USA, there is a fatal Turboprop airplane accident on average every 2.1/2 weeks.
Do you still insist that that this is a rare occurence?
A quick and morbid search on the web will reveal accounts of several other families who have died in plane crashes over the past year.
In case you're still not convinced, here's another figure from the FAA:
"The odds of dying in a commuter or private plane accident are 29 times and 103 times higher than driving in a car, respectively."