Three things a pilot can't use:
- runway behind him
- altitude above him
- preflight planning he didn't do

If I were taking off with a questionable engine, I would have taxied down
the highway several hundred yards, then turned around and tried taking off,
giving lots of room for the engine to fail again but allow me to land
safely. You can only get lucky a couple of times.




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