C150 PILOT REPORTS ENGINE FAILURE DURING DESCENT FOR LANDING. OFF ARPT LNDG ENSUES AND A COLLISION WITH A TREE.

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ON APR/XA/07; I PICKED UP MY ACFT AFTER HAVING THE ANNUAL SVCED ON IT. AFTER ARR IN ZZZ; I NOTICED THAT I WAS HAVING A PROB WITH THE LNDG GEAR AND WAS UNABLE TO PUSH THE ACFT BACK IN MY HANGAR. LATER ON THAT SAME DAY; AFTER EXAMINING THE ENTIRE AIRPLANE; I NOTICED ONE OF THE NEW STROBE LIGHTS DID NOT WORK. IMMEDIATELY; I MADE A PHONE CALL TO MY MECH BASED ON THE PROB THAT I HAD. I WAS ADVISED TO BRING THE ACFT BACK. I TOOK IT BACK ON APR/XC/07; AND WAS REQUESTED TO BRING IT BACK ON APR/XD/07. ON THE WAY BACK HOME; I WENT TO ZZZ1 TO DROP OFF MY PAX; AND IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO ZZZ. I WAS FLYING WITH ZZZ2 APCH AT 4500 FT AT APPROX XA30. AT APPROX 8 MI TO ZZZ; I WAS RELEASED FROM APCH AND BEGAN DSNDING. AT APPROX 2300 FT AND APPROX 4.5 MI TO ZZZ; I TOTALLY LOST ENG PWR. I BEGAN GLIDING TOWARDS THE RWY. APPROX 1.75 MI FROM THE RWY MY ALT HAD BECAME EXTREMELY LOW. DUE TO THE TFC ON THE INTERSTATE AND THE HWY; AND STRUCTURAL HOUSING; I CHOSE TO LOOK FOR THE SAFEST FIELD IN WHICH TO LAND. AFTER LNDG; I NOTICED THAT I WAS HEADING FOR A POND. I DECIDED TO MAKE A L TURN TO AVOID THE POND; AND STRUCK A TREE WITH MY L WING. AFTER STRIKING THE TREE WITH THE L WING; MY AIRPLANE SPUN AROUND FACING NNE AND CAME TOTALLY TO A STOP. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF HRS FLOWN SINCE THE ANNUAL WAS APPROX 1.7 HRS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: REPORTER STATED THAT HE BROUGHT HIS ACFT TO THE MECHANIC FOR AN ANNUAL INSPECTION AND TO REPAIR THREE ITEMS THAT HAD BEEN MALFUNCTIONING; ONE OF WHICH WAS THE RIGHT FUEL GAUGE. UPON RETRIEVING THE ACFT WITH ALL ITEMS COMPLETE; THE REPORTER FOUND THAT THE STROBE STILL DID NOT WORK AND THE NOSE STRUT HAD BEEN OVER SERVICED WITH AIR MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO STEER WITH DIFFERENTIAL BRAKING. THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO THE MECHANIC AND ON THE WAY BACK FROM THIS APPOINTMENT THE ACFT RAN OUT OF FUEL. THE REPORTER PUT 16 GALLONS OF FUEL IN THE ACFT 2 DAYS EARLIER AND RAN OUT OF FUEL AFTER FLYING 2 HOURS AND 15 MINUTES.