"Jim Burns" wrote
The bottom line is that is gives you more options
when the sh*t hits the fan.

Yup.

I don't want to open a can of worms but before anybody jumps on the "the
second engine is there to fly you to the scene of the accident" band wagon,
I'll just add that successful single engine emergency landings in twin
engine airplanes isn't a statistic that is reported (to my knowledge) so an
accurate comparison between non successful engine out emergency landings and
successful engine out emergency landings wouldn't be possible.

True again. There are no records of my engine failure in the twin;
had I been in a high performance single I assure you there would have
been a record.

The key to flying a twin is the same as flying any other aircraft, be
proficient in all areas of operation. A statistic that I would like to know
is in twin engine prop planes involved in Vmc roll accidents, how many
crashed with the airplane configured incorrectly. Know your airplane, know
it's limitations, know it's procedures, and know what's going to happen
next.

The real question is how many of the people who rolled it over had
recurrent training in the airplane in the past year. Recurrent
training - if you own a twin, it's not optional.

Michael