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• Consider an emergency landing area close to public access if possible. This may facilitate rescue or help, if needed. 

• Maintain orientation with the wind to avoid a downwind landing. 

• Complete the before landing checklist, and check the landing lights for operation at altitude and turn on in sufficient time to illuminate the terrain or obstacles along the flightpath. The landing should be completed in the normal landing attitude at the slowest possible airspeed. If the landing lights are unusable and outside visual references are not available, the aircraft should be held minimum controlled airspeed until the ground is contacted. 

• After landing, turn off all switches and evacuate the aircraft as quickly as possible. 

## Chapter Summary 

Night flight requires additional training, a private pilot certificate, and should be performed only when there is adequate reference with the Earth, such as city lights or a full moon. Night flight should never be performed over open water. 

Night illusions require reference to flight instruments. WSC pilots can determine pitch control by feel but cannot determine roll and heading by feel so instrumentation such as a heading indicator, magnetic compass, or GPS is needed for directional reference. 

