PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Sea
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100; Flight Crew Total 470; Flight Crew Type 200
Time Pressure
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Ground Excursion Runway
Flight Crew Returned To Departure Airport; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; General Maintenance Action
Aircraft
Took off Runway XX and during the initial climb right before we were 3/4 down the runway and about to turn on course at 500 AGL the engine puttered out. I made the decision to land straight ahead and told ATC we had an engine failure. They told me they would call the fire trucks. I landed at the departure end of [Runway] XY and went slightly off the end of the runway into the grass. The engine came back on and we taxied back onto the taxiway. I called up the Tower to let them know we had landed safely and our engine had restarted. They canceled the firetrucks and I taxied back to the FBO. Everyone was ok and the plane had no damage.
PA-28 pilot reported engine failure on takeoff resulted in a return to the airport and a runway excursion during landing.