Pilot reported engine failure caused an aircraft crash.

Attributes
ACN	1735903
Time
Date	202003
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Retractable Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Direct Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Reciprocating Engine Assembly
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 24 Flight Crew Total 604 Flight Crew Type 250
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control
Miss Distance	Horizontal 5280 Vertical 500

Narrative:

Engine quit on short final and was unable to restart. Result was a crash about .5 miles from ZZZ. Possible causes are mechanical issues in the fuel system or mags. As I do not know what caused the engine to fail; I do not know what could be done to prevent a recurrence.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Pilot reported engine failure caused an aircraft crash.

Narrative: Engine quit on short final and was unable to restart. Result was a crash about .5 miles from ZZZ. Possible causes are mechanical issues in the fuel system or mags. As I do not know what caused the engine to fail; I do not know what could be done to prevent a recurrence.

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.