The report states that “daylight visual conditions prevailed”. The sunset time for the departure airport on September 24,2017 would have been between 7:15-30 pm approximately. The NTSB make some suppositions with regards to the pilots selection of the fuel tank selection and fuel cap affecting fuel starvation as they were unable to make a definitive conclusion as to why the engine quit or lost power. The focus of the article strayed from distractions and interruptions during a pre-flight and secondly the cause of the resulting crash (stall) to why the engine quit, which was not determined conclusively. Here’s a link to the actual full report.
https://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/ReportGeneratorFile.ashx?EventID=20170925X25031&AKey=1&RType=Final&IType=FA
Nevertheless interesting discussion.