the one advantage of a twin engine aircraft is that when one engine goes out the other
takes you straight to the scene of the crash, no need for a search party.
I am not to familiar with the air force but in general aviation most crashes are do to
the pilot getting over confident in him self and his abilities or just plane getting
Leasy. I read an article one time in a magazine about about someone who crashed
because he had a habbit of taking cat naps while he was flying.
If you read
the crash reports you'll find that almost %100 of all crashes could have been prevent
if the pilot just followed the standard procedures. The engines in single engine planes
like Cessnas if kept properly should never fail. When a plane like a Cessna has an
engine failure you can usually glide about one mile per 1000 ft of altitude.