Narrative:

After takeoff from ZZZ; flying the [offset] upwind we have experienced a complete power loss. I tried to do a turn back to the runaway for landing and [advised ATC]. We got hard landing on the taxiway. At the turn we got into the wind shear situation; the plane just went down and had a very hard landing. The flightpath of the [offset] upwind at ZZZ does not allow for the straight out landing in a case of the engine failure.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PA-28 pilot reported an engine failure after takeoff led to a return to the departure airport and a hard landing.

Narrative: After takeoff from ZZZ; flying the [offset] upwind we have experienced a complete power loss. I tried to do a turn back to the runaway for landing and [advised ATC]. We got hard landing on the taxiway. At the turn we got into the wind shear situation; the plane just went down and had a very hard landing. The flightpath of the [offset] upwind at ZZZ does not allow for the straight out landing in a case of the engine failure.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.