Had a catastrophic engine failure in a Van in the Straits once, it was my first ICUS flight after obtaining the endorsement. We were fortunately about 7nm from the only bit of beach available to land on and we managed to pull up in about 150m.
The beach was renamed the Caravan Park as it was nearly a week before it was able to be flown off again with a new donk. Great truck the Van and it glides pretty well too!
cheers Sarcs