Roger wrote:
You could but I was climbing out at something like a 100 MPH and 30 to
50 feet above a 3800 foot runway.

Well, one could argue that your options there aren't that many...
Basically look in front of you and try to hit the softer objects if at
all possible... If you do everything right, maybe you'll get it back
down and stopped before the end of the runway... Even better, maybe
the plane will be reusable afterwards... It's not like you're going to
try to do a 180 at that altitude...

If I ever do make such a mistake I can guarantee I'll not be flying a
normal pattern:-)) However being paranoid about fuel it's highly
unlikely I'll face such a situation unless a tank or fuel line breaks.

Nothing quite as loud as that deafening silence of the engine not
running... I had that once at 14,500 ft... It was so loud that it woke
me up... Yeah, there's probably a good reason why you should have
supplemental O2 at that altitude...

Oh! I forgot about the day it quit on a missed approach at roughly 400
feet. Before the instructor could holler, "Left tank Rog! LEFT TANK!"
I had already switched.

I was thinking back to see when was the last time I botched a landing
so bad that I needed to go around... On runways with sufficient length,
I suspect it was probably around 8 years ago, probably not too long
after I had bought my Grumman... Since then, there have been a few
airports that had rather short runways and it might take a couple of
tries to get to the point where I was positive that I would be able to
get it down at the very start of the runway and stopped by the end of
the runway... There was one little grass strip up in Iowa (7IA3) that
at 2100 ft sure did seem short the first time I went in there and I
probably did a few flybys trying to get lined up just right for it, but
given any runway at least 3000 ft in length, I don't think I've had any
cases where I needed to go around because I botched the landing in
probably the last 8 years... Yeah, there's been the occasional case of
having to go around because someone didn't clear the runway quick
enough (even though I would have been stopped before getting to where
they were located)... As such, I suspect that starting at 2000 ft above
the runway and in the middle of the airport, I should not have a
problem getting a good landing out of it... Most of my landings consist
of turning final and still being at 1000 ft, pulling power back to idle
at that point, and not adding power until I need to taxi after
landing... Getting from 2000 ft to 1000 ft and being on final at that
point should be doable... Hmmm... Sounds like a good excuse to go
practice some... Not that I ever expect to run out of fuel at 2000 ft
above the center of an airport... grin