Originally Posted by
212man
Entirely true, of course, and an expansion on my point. It just bugs me to see the myth that it is 'impossible' constantly perpetuated.
"To err on the safe side" is probably nowhere more appropriate than in these cases. I heard instructors teaching this turn as "impossible" for their students, in order to relieve them from the mental pressures of trying turn back during an EFATO. To save a cheap-ish training aircraft with a turn-back, when their skills might not be there to pull it off, simply does not justify the the risk of a fatal accident. So to remove any doubt, they call it "impossible",
But actually, in some circumstances, it is possible of course.