Light twin with good SE performance

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A light twin is just that ... light on power twin engine aircraft. If you need two engines to produce adequate performance, then when one quits, there is not much going in your favour. You will have less than half of your normal horsepower available to you. Add to that passengers, fuel and 40C temperatures .... not a very encouraging scenario. Remember the Piper Navajo off Long Island Sound that could not maintain level flight on one donk and had to ditch near JFK? I have flown C of A airtests where the aircraft would barely meet the single . .engine climb criteria. The advice I gave to students after they passed their multi rating was that in the event of an engine failure after take-off, close the throttle on the other engine and make an EFATO. Chances are you'll walk away from it.