Pilot experienced an engine failure and performed off-field landing.

Attributes
ACN	1224071
Time
Date	201411
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft High Wing 1 Eng Retractable Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Component
Aircraft Component	Engine
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Maintenance Inspection Authority Maintenance Powerplant Maintenance Airframe
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 24 Flight Crew Total 4146.7 Flight Crew Type 3146
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

I fueled my aircraft to full capacity on the evening prior to flight. The aircraft had not flown that evening or night. The next morning I departed to ZZZ. Ten minutes into flight the engine quit; so I made an emergency landing on a road. There was no damage to aircraft or me or my 1 passenger and I just rolled into a big field on side of road. I gave statements to police; fire dept.; and FAA. Witness observed my full tanks dripping fuel from the overflow vent so I repositioned the wing low on that side so it wouldn't drip so he knew it had full fuel. I then hired a flat bed and took aircraft; police escorted to my hangar. At time of emergency I radioed a fellow pilot on same route who alerted ATC. Engine failure cause is broken push rod on exhaust of #1 cylinder. Also; results of the backfiring that caused induction pipes to get blown apart are available on request.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Pilot experienced an engine failure and performed off-field landing.

Narrative: I fueled my aircraft to full capacity on the evening prior to flight. The aircraft had not flown that evening or night. The next morning I departed to ZZZ. Ten minutes into flight the engine quit; so I made an emergency landing on a road. There was no damage to aircraft or me or my 1 passenger and I just rolled into a big field on side of road. I gave statements to police; fire dept.; and FAA. Witness observed my full tanks dripping fuel from the overflow vent so I repositioned the wing low on that side so it wouldn't drip so he knew it had full fuel. I then hired a flat bed and took aircraft; police escorted to my hangar. At time of emergency I radioed a fellow pilot on same route who alerted ATC. Engine failure cause is broken push rod on exhaust of #1 cylinder. Also; results of the backfiring that caused induction pipes to get blown apart are available on request.

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