The Impossible Turn
Cessna 182 Engine Failure – Crash Landing
The pilot of this Cessna carefully followed the checklist before takeoff and his engine quit shortly after liftoff. It’s not clear if he did anything to try to restart the engine, but he definitely did the right thing in landing straight ahead.
https://youtu.be/WbqDTuAQoi4
The Impossible Turn – Engine Failure On Takeoff – MzeroA Flight Training
Tip: Don’t turn back unless greater than 1000′ AGL go straight ahead or 30° to either side.
Tip: To return to the runway you took off from you’ll need to make a 210° turn—not 180°.
He gives an example of how with perfect technique and knowing that an engine out is going to happen, it still takes 1,000′ to turn back to the runway.
Real Pilot Story: Power Loss on Takeoff
This guy really had no time from engine failure to landing straight ahead. Concentrate only on the important thing—land the airplane.
Real Pilot Story: The Impossible Turn
You shouldn’t try this, but if everything goes right, you might make it back.
If you are going to attempt to turn back to the runway, you should definitely have recently practiced the technique. This paper proposes that the optimum conditions for returning to the departure runway result from climbing at Vγmax, executing a gliding turn through a 190–220° heading change, using a 45° bank angle at 5% above the stall velocity in the turn using a teardrop shaped flight path.