C-172 pilot reported an engine failure that resulted in a successful engine-out landing.

Attributes
ACN	1723140
Time
Date	202001
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Engine
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 8 Flight Crew Total 270 Flight Crew Type 55
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

10 miles northwest of ZZZ the engine quit at 2;500 ft. MSL. Announced to [ATC] that engine trouble was occurring and would land on road below. During emergency checks; the engine began running again. A climb to 4;000 ft. MSL was made immediately with a direct route to ZZZ. Over the threshold of runway xx at ZZZ; a power-off circling descent was initiated. At 3;000 ft. MSL an attempted power advance was made and the engine had no reaction. Engine restart procedures were initiated and the engine never started up. On the power-off glide from downwind to final; the throttle was pulled out; mixture was pulled out; fuel was turned off; and ignition was turned off. A power-off landing was made on runway xx and the plane rolled to a full stop on taxiway X.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C-172 pilot reported an engine failure that resulted in a successful engine-out landing.

Narrative: 10 miles northwest of ZZZ the engine quit at 2;500 ft. MSL. Announced to [ATC] that engine trouble was occurring and would land on road below. During emergency checks; the engine began running again. A climb to 4;000 ft. MSL was made immediately with a direct route to ZZZ. Over the threshold of Runway XX at ZZZ; a power-off circling descent was initiated. At 3;000 ft. MSL an attempted power advance was made and the engine had no reaction. Engine restart procedures were initiated and the engine never started up. On the power-off glide from downwind to final; the throttle was pulled out; mixture was pulled out; fuel was turned off; and ignition was turned off. A power-off landing was made on Runway XX and the plane rolled to a full stop on Taxiway X.

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.