Originally Posted by
tigerinthenight
Right, because that's the reason people are against the idea of single-engine helicopters flying at night. Nobody is suggesting that the chances of engine failure are higher - why would they be? It's because if there is an engine failure, the ability to pick out a suitable landing site and carry out an autorotation into it is greatly diminished at night.
Pretending to assume people must be suggesting the chances of engine failure are greater at night is a straw-man argument.
Stats help prevent needless over-regulation. Do the stats show that passengers always survive daytime engine failurs in tour helicopters, but always die in nighttime ones? I took a ride in Vegas as a tourist in a Jet Ranger many years ago, what were my odds of dying that night,...1/10. 1/50,...1/1,000? Am I just lucky to be alive after that ride, because they drop out of the skies regularly?
Stats might even prove that having a twin doesn't make it any safer at night. Twins still crash in IIMC?