Night emergencies: Turn landing light on, if you don&amp;rsquo;t like what you see, turn landing light off.
Night conditions can exist in mountainous terrain long before published sunset and after sunrise. 
Preflight if possible during day conditions, walk-around before departure. 
Conditions of night flight, is possible for increased fatigue, what are common sense duty day limits for new and experienced pilots? 
Fog formation times at sunset and sunrise. Possibility for destination or alternate airports to fog over during twilight and sunrise/sunset transitions 
Three definitions of night: Dark, Sunset to Sunrise, FAA&amp;rsquo;s 1 hour after sunset to 1 hour before sunrise for passenger carrying currency 
Wear flashlight on lanyard during flight 
Do a complete preflight while daylight, then another before night flight. 
If flight will last through sunset, be set up for night before departure 
Survival is more difficult at night, is the aircraft carrying proper survival equipment? 
CFIs: For night landing requirement, encourage student to plan landings at multiple airports, both controlled and uncontrolled. 
Noise abatement procedures and curfews may be in effect at multiple airports, review A/FD before departure. 
CAMI Study on flashlight lens colors, red not always needed by civilians at night. Red also washes out red colors on VFR sectional charts.