Luscombe Model 8/Luscombe 50
Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 113; Flight Crew Total 247; Flight Crew Type 133
Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control; Ground Event / Encounter Object; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; General Maintenance Action
Weather
En route as per my recollection; weather was stating 10sm vis at ZZZ and 3-5sm vis at Colorado Air and Space Port (FTG) Ceilings at 2500 ft. AGL (can't remember visibility exactly at FTG). About 18nm south of my destination airport FTG perceived weather started snowing and visibility began to deteriorate with ceiling lowering to about 1500 ft. and 3-5 miles of visibility.  Started thinking of alternate ZZZ but [the] weather looked better behind me and to the east so started thinking of diverting to Limon (LIC) or Meadow Lake (FLY). Observing METARS about 15nm out of destination (FTG); ZZZ reporting 10sm visibility and Front Range down to 1sm light snow. During my METAR check perceived weather conditions deteriorated rapidly and the light diminished substantially so I began a right turn to the east and within moments I hit what later turns realized was a snow squall and severe turbulence was encountered and was difficult to maintain control the aircraft so I performed an emergency landing in a neighborhood on a paved street. Touchdown was under control and on rollout at approximately 25 mph a 30+ knot crosswind came from the right and the plane veered to the right into the grass and made contact with an electrical meter on the right side of the road with minor damage to the electrical meter and the mid way down; midway across; underneath the right wing tearing the fabric surface and slightly bending the trailing edge of the wing. Electrical box is fully functional with cosmetic damage to the top cover. I pulled off the road and contacted the neighbors and was given permission to tie down the airplane to the property owners fence for as long as I needed and within a couple of hours returned to push the plane into a secure area next to a house until further action. No injuries.
Pilot reported during a diversion; he was forced to make a priority landing in a neighborhood on a paved street and struck an electrical box with the wing.