[HairOfTheDog]

You don't fly over water with one engine at night. All pilots know that. You lose the engine you lose your life.

Actually, it wasn't so much his number of engines that got him, but his amount of gas. Out of gas is out of gas, the more engines you have the faster it happens ;~D

Where I live, you're likely dead pretty much no matter where you lose power, especially at night. The most considerate place to go down is into water, or at least into areas with no lights.

Sad to lose a good kid.

[expatpat]

The most considerate place to go down is into water, or at least into areas with no lights.

Well, cold water is NOT a considerate place. A forced landing into the tops of trees is no picnic, but the chances of survival are a lot better than into cold water well offshore.

Reminds me of the old advice about a forced landing at night:"When you're down to about 100ft, turn on the landing light. If you don't like what you see, turn it off again".