What happened
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Pilot stated, " departed tulsa riverside airport (krvs) westbound heading 230 at approx 1720. Leveled off at 3500 MSL, after about 1 minute the engine lost all power but was windmilling smoothly. Pilot followed the engine failure checklist none of the actions brought the engine back to making power. Pilot was eastbound attempting to return to rvs but estimated aircraft would not be able to reach airport. Pilot realized aircraft could not reach us 75 and was down about 500' AGL, only option was to land in approx 9500 block of s 49th w ave. pilots approch to land northbound at the last moment a car approached southbound. Pilot pulled nose up to clear car. After pitching upward, the stall warning horn came on, pitched down enough to prevent full stall. About 20-30' pitched up to slow decent. Aircraft hit roadway, no collapse or strike, 2-3 sec later r. main sideswiped an 8" curb. Puled nose wheel r hit curb and collapsed. Aircraft slid sideways and tipped over to the l. left wing struck ground; aircraft came to rest facing east with l wing bent upwards.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT STATED, " DEPARTED TULSA RIVERSIDE AIRPORT (KRVS) WESTBOUND HEADING 230 AT APPROX 1720. LEVELED OFF AT 3500 MSL, AFTER ABOUT 1 MINUTE THE ENGINE LOST ALL POWER BUT WAS WINDMILLING SMOOTHLY. PILOT FOLLOWED THE ENGINE FAILURE CHECKLIST NONE OF THE ACTIONS BROUGHT THE ENGINE BACK TO MAKING POWER. PILOT WAS EASTBOUND ATTEMPTING TO RETURN TO RVS BUT ESTIMATED AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO REACH AIRPORT. PILOT REALIZED AIRCRAFT COULD NOT REACH US 75 AND WAS DOWN ABOUT 500' AGL, ONLY OPTION WAS TO LAND IN APPROX 9500 BLOCK OF S 49TH W AVE. PILOTS APPROCH TO LAND NORTHBOUND AT THE LAST MOMENT A CAR APPROACHED SOUTHBOUND. PILOT PULLED NOSE UP TO CLEAR CAR. AFTER PITCHING UPWARD, THE STALL WARNING HORN CAME ON, PITCHED DOWN ENOUGH TO PREVENT FULL STALL. ABOUT 20-30' PITCHED UP TO SLOW DECENT. AIRCRAFT HIT ROADWAY, NO COLLAPSE OR STRIKE, 2-3 SEC LATER R. MAIN SIDESWIPED AN 8" CURB. PULED NOSE WHEEL R HIT CURB AND COLLAPSED. AIRCRAFT SLID SIDEWAYS AND TIPPED OVER TO THE L. LEFT WING STRUCK GROUND; AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST FACING EAST WITH L WING BENT UPWARDS.
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