I cant think of one incident were a pilot has got away with a real engine failure near the ground in a perf c twin
How would you expect to hear about them? There's no mandatory reporting of engine failures.
Don't get me wrong: your point is a good one. But it's almost impossible to build any sort of statistical picture.
We've also come a long way from discussing the risks of a planned asymmetric go around to the risks of an unplanned engine outage at low level. While the former is non-trivial, the latter is what seems to kill.