<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1749461, July 2020

Be-76 pilot reported being unable to restart right engine after an in-flight shutdown.

Attributes
ACN	1749461
Time
Date	202007
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Duchess 76
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Component
Aircraft Component	Reciprocating Engine Assembly
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

While performing an operational check flight in order to check right engine during single engine operations; at eight miles southeast of the airport; 5;500 ft. MSL; right engine was intentionally shut down and secured; two minutes after; starting with unfeathering accumulator was attempted without success; all the procedures were followed in accordance with the be-76 poh; 1000 ft. Were lost trying to get the propeller to windmill. At 4;500 ft. MSL; starting without unfeathering accumulator was attempted twice without success following the poh's checklist as well; as the left engine was already getting hotter and in order to protect the electrical system; restarting attempt was stopped; left engine was secured in accordance with the poh's checklist. Tower was notified about the situation; came back single engine; landed and vacated runway xx and taxiway; without further problems.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BE-76 pilot reported being unable to restart right engine after an in-flight shutdown.

Narrative: While performing an operational check flight in order to check right engine during single engine operations; at eight miles southeast of the airport; 5;500 ft. MSL; right engine was intentionally shut down and secured; two minutes after; starting with unfeathering accumulator was attempted without success; all the procedures were followed in accordance with the BE-76 POH; 1000 ft. were lost trying to get the propeller to windmill. At 4;500 ft. MSL; starting without unfeathering accumulator was attempted twice without success following the POH's checklist as well; as the left engine was already getting hotter and in order to protect the electrical system; restarting attempt was stopped; left engine was secured in accordance with the POH's checklist. Tower was notified about the situation; came back single engine; landed and vacated Runway XX and taxiway; without further problems.

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.