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Small planes are about as safe as you are as a pilot. The more risks you take the more likely to have an accident.
Biggest risks:
1) Bad weather
2) Night flying
3) Too much airplane for skills.
I bought a diamond da40, because it is gentle, and hard to stall. They don’t burn when they crash due to engineering, and post crash fire is a major cause of death in survivable crashes.
I religiously avoid bad VFR weather.
I never fly at night. If I was IFR I would fly at night, but vfr night flight is significantly more risky than ifr.
Biggest risks:
1) Bad weather
2) Night flying
3) Too much airplane for skills.
I bought a diamond da40, because it is gentle, and hard to stall. They don’t burn when they crash due to engineering, and post crash fire is a major cause of death in survivable crashes.
I religiously avoid bad VFR weather.
I never fly at night. If I was IFR I would fly at night, but vfr night flight is significantly more risky than ifr.