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A C-421 pilot declared an emergency and returned safely to his departure airport when the right engine quit at ~2;000 feet MSL.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1189949 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201407 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Golden Eagle 421 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
| Route In Use | Vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Engine |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 1500 Flight Crew Type 150 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
Right engine quit as I was cleared into [the] bravo [airspace] at 2;000 feet AGL. I declared an emergency; feathered the engine and landed back at my departure airport. No issues other than the engine.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A C-421 pilot declared an emergency and returned safely to his departure airport when the right engine quit at ~2;000 feet MSL.
Narrative: Right engine quit as I was cleared into [the] Bravo [airspace] at 2;000 feet AGL. I declared an emergency; feathered the engine and landed back at my departure airport. No issues other than the engine.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.