Originally Posted by
Lead Balloon
In the USA, night flying is an integral part of private pilot licence proficiency requirements and there’s no specific night rating or endorsement. But what would the Yanks know about aviation.
Whether that proficiency would have made any difference in this case probably depends on whether or not the fuel ran out before the PAL (or flares) were activated.
Lights were on though, as I've stated several times. Which makes this accident all the more puzzling. And we no longer have flares.
DF.