Originally Posted by
peterh337
I rarely fly at night - precisely because no matter what you do, there are so few options. Over water, you can (and should) carry a life raft, but there is no viable escape route for night flight.
I very much agree, I basically do not fly singles at night outside the circuit anymore as I am not prepared to accept the risk. BTW a study of accidents in the USA suggest for non instrumented rated PPL's flying single engine aircraft the risk of a fatal accident is up to 25 times higher then for an equivalent flight during the day.........