Small Aircraft; Low Wing; 1 Eng; Retractable Gear
Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 19; Flight Crew Total 3863; Flight Crew Type 43
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; General Evacuated
Aircraft
Arrived for orientation ride with son and grandson. Preflight was normal; placed a warm air heater in the engine induct for preheat. Went over checklist items with son as an introduction. Loaded up the aircraft with grandson in right rear seat; son in left front seat and myself in right front seat. Engine start; taxi; and takeoff was normal. Flew one touch and go to the runway without incident. I allowed my son to fly the pattern; which was wider and longer than I would normally do but was not concerned because we were the only aircraft in the pattern. During the second pattern; on turn from downwind to base; the engine quit. We were already configured with gear down and half flaps. We were at approximately 1;300 feet MSL and 3 miles from the end of the runway. I took control of the aircraft. I could see that I was not going to make the runway and began setting up for a landing on a parallel road. I selected the opposite fuel tank but did not turn on the fuel boost pump. I landed on the road but during roll out the right wing struck a wooden road sign. This caused the aircraft to veer hard right and depart the road. The aircraft came to rest in a plowed field. We egressed the aircraft normally.
During our second pattern on the turn from downwind to base the engine quit. My dad immediately took control of the airplane and we landed on a parallel road to the runway.
Small aircraft had an engine failure in the airport traffic pattern. Pilot lands off airport and aircraft veers into a plowed field.