Pilots, by the nature of their calling, are about learning those faults and dealing with them. I have to say that after many years of flying, and a reasonable amount of experience in these airplanes, I concern myself with other things to a much greater degree when flying them. I am aware of the limitations of the systems in the airplanes I fly, and take measures to account for them. Finally, it behooves every pilot to be thoroughly familiar with every type aircraft that he or she flies. The pilot should read the maintenance manual and understand what the airplane is about.
Systems knowlede, and an understanding of the limitations, is important.
Then again, so is a really thorough preflight. Two years ago I was on the field to perform some maintenance on transient aircraft there, and noted two emergency landings by their students which tied up the runway and caused a scene. Both were pilot induced, both were pilot error, and in both cases it was my opinion that what got them down was luck, not knowledge or skill. I've also flown them for many thousands of hours. I'm familiar with them, from the Cessna 120 to the 210.