Cessna pilot reported sudden engine failure on climb out caused an air return.

Attributes
ACN	1662087
Time
Date	201907
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Engine
Person 1
Function	Instructor Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 198 Flight Crew Total 1228 Flight Crew Type 701
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

We had just taken off from ZZZ on a 250 heading up to 1500 ft when we were instructed to contact approach. Upon contacting we were cleared to 4000 ft and as we continued the climb at around 1300 ft MSL; the engine emitted a loud bang and immediate loss of power. I took control from my student and initiated a 180 back to runway X while [requesting priority handling]. Approach cleared us to land X and had us switch to tower. I flew the aircraft while my student took the radios. About 20 feet to touchdown the prop completely stopped and we coasted off the runway to taxiway xx. Run-up was completed before take-off and had no drops in RPM or oil pressure. Takeoff was executed normally at full power/full rich mixture. No signs of engine issues until the sudden bang and loss of power.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Cessna Pilot reported sudden engine failure on climb out caused an air return.

Narrative: We had just taken off from ZZZ on a 250 heading up to 1500 ft when we were instructed to contact Approach. Upon contacting we were cleared to 4000 ft and as we continued the climb at around 1300 ft MSL; the engine emitted a loud bang and immediate loss of power. I took control from my student and initiated a 180 back to Runway X while [requesting priority handling]. Approach cleared us to land X and had us switch to Tower. I flew the aircraft while my student took the radios. About 20 feet to touchdown the prop completely stopped and we coasted off the runway to Taxiway XX. Run-up was completed before take-off and had no drops in RPM or oil pressure. Takeoff was executed normally at full power/full rich mixture. No signs of engine issues until the sudden bang and loss of power.

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.