I had an engine failure on take off at 300ft with a Tecnam P92J.
Had just retracted flaps when the engine went silent.
First thought "I can't believe this is really happening to me". Pushed the nose down to best speed. The way the engine had died could only mean a fuel problem so I checked that the fuel selectors were open, and they were.
That done I concentrated on selecting a landing site: luckily there were lots of fields. Straight ahead I had some power lines so I turned right into the wind and aimed for a tall standing wheat field. The P92J glides like a dream so I had time to change my choice: I turned another 90 degress right and decided for a sugarbeet field. Lined up I set full flaps, just kept holding the P92J off, skimming the wheat for the last ten metres and landed perfectly between the rows of young surgarbeet, the stall horn just starting to bleet and airspeed indicating just over 40 knots.
Stopped in about 80 metres.
Cause of the engine stopping was contaminated fuel: it was green car petrol and had been brought to the airfield for the airshow. (The P92J has a rotax engine). After the incident most refuelled aeroplanes found traces of muck in their tanks. I just happened to receive a big blob of it. Another pilot with a Storm was very unlucky because after 2 hours flight, ten minutes from destination, he too had an engine failure for the same reason and during the forced landing the aeroplane was destroyed (no one hurt).
During the whole event (40 seconds maybe), after my intiall disbelief, I was totally calm. All my senses were heightened and I felt totally in control.
To be honest, compared to how I had always imagined an engine failure, the real thing was a bit of an anticlimax
AE