Originally Posted by
Cruz5350
Err on the side of safety. If you can't safely do the flight then put the bird down.
Hypothetically (I'm bored)...you're fatigued, ten minutes from home base, at night over a well lit airport with a 5000' paved runway that you've never been at before.
Do you hammer on for ten minutes to get home, or do you try the unknown field directly below you?
Not saying one or the other is right, just something to think about IMO.