darthpup wrote:
Tell the judge that reply in a civil court after you crash into
someones home with failed- in- flight equipment and see what he says.

And how do you think this line of questioning will play out:

"Why did you attempt a landing at an unlit 2000 foot runway in the
dark when if you had just flown on for another hour, you would have
reached an airport with a 5000 foot runway and the sun would have been
up by then?"