C172 flight instructor reported a loss of engine power and an off field landing.

Attributes
ACN	1549774
Time
Date	201805
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Engine
Person 1
Function	Instructor Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 133 Flight Crew Total 835 Flight Crew Type 737
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

My student and I were forced to make an emergency landing due to an engine failure. I was conducting an instrument training flight in a cessna 172 on an instrument flight plan. We had just left the hold at the ZZZ VOR and had been cleared for the VOR [approach]. The student was flying and we had an unexpected engine failure. I attempted to get the engine started again; and was unable to do so. I chose a field to land in that was off of our left wing within a few miles and we landed safely in the center of the field. There was no damage to the aircraft or property and no one was injured.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C172 flight instructor reported a loss of engine power and an off field landing.

Narrative: My student and I were forced to make an emergency landing due to an engine failure. I was conducting an instrument training flight in a Cessna 172 on an instrument flight plan. We had just left the hold at the ZZZ VOR and had been cleared for the VOR [approach]. The student was flying and we had an unexpected engine failure. I attempted to get the engine started again; and was unable to do so. I chose a field to land in that was off of our left wing within a few miles and we landed safely in the center of the field. There was no damage to the aircraft or property and no one was injured.

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