Vans rv-12 instructor pilot reported landing on a highway after the engine seized in flight.

Attributes
ACN	1440820
Time
Date	201704
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	RV-12
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Engine
Person 1
Function	Instructor Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60 Flight Crew Total 580 Flight Crew Type 550
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

Oil pressure dropped to zero shortly after takeoff. Airplane glided to land on highway after engine seized.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Vans RV-12 instructor pilot reported landing on a highway after the engine seized in flight.

Narrative: Oil pressure dropped to zero shortly after takeoff. Airplane glided to land on highway after engine seized.

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.