Cessna 170 pilot reported an engine failure resulting in landing on a road.

Attributes
ACN	1651165
Time
Date	201905
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Cessna 170
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	VFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Engine
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 23 Flight Crew Total 1700 Flight Crew Type 95
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

On downwind leg for landing; I experienced a loss of power. I was not sure if I could make runway xx. I spotted a wide striped street area parallel to the runway with planes parked on both sides and knew I could make the landing without hitting any surrounding housing. I was immediately told I had landed on a street. I moved the plane to the adjoining airport runway. I left the plane tied down for 3 days before returning and was informed to submit this form.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Cessna 170 pilot reported an engine failure resulting in landing on a road.

Narrative: On downwind leg for landing; I experienced a loss of power. I was not sure if I could make Runway XX. I spotted a wide striped street area parallel to the runway with planes parked on both sides and knew I could make the landing without hitting any surrounding housing. I was immediately told I had landed on a street. I moved the plane to the adjoining airport runway. I left the plane tied down for 3 days before returning and was informed to submit this form.

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.