Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 55; Flight Crew Total 603; Flight Crew Type 400
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Air Traffic Control Provided Assistance; Flight Crew Inflight Shutdown; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition
Aircraft
I was in cruise flight at 6;500 ft. in VFR conditions when my airplane engine started getting rough. I applied full carburetor heat for a few minutes and expected it to clear the issue. However; after several minutes the roughness became worse and despite having full carburetor heat and full throttle (per aircraft POH (Pilots Operating Handbook)) the engine turned off. I was circling about 5 miles south of ZZZ and immediately headed towards it while still at around 5;000 ft. MSL. I spoke to Approach and advised them of my issue and that I was heading to the airport for [an] engine out landing. I kept trying to turn the engine back on during this time while also flying a left traffic for Runway XX. While making the short final approach and descending the engine came on at about 300 ft. AGL and I was able to make a fairly normal landing.
Cessna 150 Single Pilot reported an engine failure inflight.