Cessna 172 pilot reported engine failure which resulted in a safe forced landing.

Attributes
ACN	1737548
Time
Date	202003
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	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Engine
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 8 Flight Crew Total 625 Flight Crew Type 575
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

While on a biennial flight review; the engine lost all power and we were forced to land on a county road. We were approximately 1500 ft. AGL when the engine lost power. We found a paved county road and landed safely.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Cessna 172 pilot reported engine failure which resulted in a safe forced landing.

Narrative: While on a Biennial Flight review; the engine lost all power and we were forced to land on a county road. We were approximately 1500 ft. AGL when the engine lost power. We found a paved county road and landed safely.

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.