Though I stand to be corrected, all aircraft in New Zealand are required to carry a very imposing crash axe.
Ours are tucked just behind the seat so the pilot can lunge over if need be, but yes they are regular old hickory handled axes :-) plus First Aid kit, Plus extinguisher, Plus Docs, plus flying kit (foggles, dipstick etc) .... i'm surprised i get fuel into the thing!
Since i rent all the planes i fly from the club they are all up to Air Transport Reg's so they have all the 'bits'...radios may not work ALL the time (push radio into the panel to talk) and the landing light needs replacing but you do have an axe :-)
I do have the odd how does it fly, question Wombat but i try not to pull the throttle to prove the point. I throttled back for landing with my wife in the right seat and as the change in noise level is quite marked, she was pretty sure the engine had quit! this lead to some alarmed noises until i managed to re-assure her.