What happened
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The aircraft was in cruise flight at 7500 ft MSL. The aircraft experienced a complete and sudden engine failure. The pilot attempted to restart the engine by cycling throttle, mixture, and ignition controls. The pilot did not cycle the carburetor heat control. The pilot switched fuel valve from both to left and the right. The engine did not regain power. The pilot selected a golf course as the site to perform an emergency landing .during touchdown the aircraft's right wing collided with a tree/bush. The aircraft received substantial damage. The right wing was partially separated at the wing root and the empennage section had separated from the fuselage at the baggage door. The left main gear separated from the fuselage. The aircraft came to rest in an upright, left wing low attitude. The pilot received minor injuries. The following day, the aircraft retrieval crew drained approximately eight gallons of fuel from the left fuel tank. The right tank had only a residual amount of fuel. There was no evidence of a fuel spill at the accident site.
As the FAA filed it
THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 7500 FT MSL. THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE AND SUDDEN ENGINE FAILURE. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE ENGINE BY CYCLING THROTTLE, MIXTURE, AND IGNITION CONTROLS. THE PILOT DID NOT CYCLE THE CARBURETOR HEAT CONTROL. THE PILOT SWITCHED FUEL VALVE FROM BOTH TO LEFT AND THE RIGHT. THE ENGINE DID NOT REGAIN POWER. THE PILOT SELECTED A GOLF COURSE AS THE SITE TO PERFORM AN EMERGENCY LANDING .DURING TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT WING COLLIDED WITH A TREE/BUSH. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE RIGHT WING WAS PARTIALLY SEPARATED AT THE WING ROOT AND THE EMPENNAGE SECTION HAD SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE AT THE BAGGAGE DOOR. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN AN UPRIGHT, LEFT WING LOW ATTITUDE. THE PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE AIRCRAFT RETRIEVAL CREW DRAINED APPROXIMATELY EIGHT GALLONS OF FUEL FROM THE LEFT FUEL TANK. THE RIGHT TANK HAD ONLY A RESIDUAL AMOUNT OF FUEL. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF A FUEL SPILL AT THE ACCIDENT SITE.
NTSB investigation
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