A C402 experienced an engine failure in the landing pattern. The pilot declared an emergency; change...

Attributes
ACN	839112
Time
Date	200906
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Cessna 402/402C/B379 Businessliner/Utiliner
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	Final Approach Initial Approach Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	VFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Engine
Person 1
Function	Captain Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Air Traffic Control Military 0 Air Traffic Control Non Radar 8 Air Traffic Control Radar 8 Air Traffic Control Supervisory 1 Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 2800 Flight Crew Type 1200
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

While on a base leg the left engine sputtered and began to run rough; followed very shortly by a severe vibration and failure of the left engine. I had previously been IFR; but had already canceled and was on the advisory frequency. I returned to my last frequency and declared an emergency; before returning to advisories. I also called operations and advised them of the situation. After that I briefed the passengers. Due to my proximity to the airport I changed runways and landed. After landing I called back approach to advise them that we were on the ground safely. After shutdown I called operations; maintenance; and the chief pilot to advise them of the situation. The plane was written up.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A C402 experienced an engine failure in the landing pattern. The pilot declared an emergency; changed to a closer runway; and landed safely.

Narrative: While on a base leg the left engine sputtered and began to run rough; followed very shortly by a severe vibration and failure of the left engine. I had previously been IFR; but had already canceled and was on the advisory frequency. I returned to my last frequency and declared an emergency; before returning to advisories. I also called Operations and advised them of the situation. After that I briefed the passengers. Due to my proximity to the airport I changed runways and landed. After landing I called back approach to advise them that we were on the ground safely. After shutdown I called Operations; Maintenance; and the Chief Pilot to advise them of the situation. The plane was written up.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.