Nothing wrong with an old or new aeroplane in any conditions as long as it is airworthy.
Just about all accidents are caused by the nut behind the bolt, with the nut being the pilot.
The days of good flight training have long gone in Australia.
Does anyone simulate engine failures in piston twins these days by quickly retarding a mixture lever to idle cut off just after V1, with no notice and the gear still down or being retracted? Common practice back in my day as a junior pilot, then to have to fly it around the circuit area and land single engine - simulated.