Narrative:

Report of engine out; taxiway landing. I was the pilot and sole occupant of the cessna 414A. We departed on the IFR flight plan. The flight plan called for a climb to FL250. The aircraft was operated under part 91. While climbing out of FL240 for the filed altitude the left engine suffered a complete and sudden failure. I secured the engine; then ran the checklist and asked center for a lower altitude; while I got the aircraft trimmed and set for single engine operation. I then made the decision to continue to my destination whose weather was reported at that time to be VFR. As we got closer to the destination the weather deteriorated and an ILS approach was called for. The approach was flown and the runway was in view at 650 ft MSL which was reported to the tower controller. At this point with the aircraft badly out of trim for landing I diverted my attention for an instant to adjust the trim. At approximately 500 ft when I returned my attention to the then visual approach and landed. I had concrete in front of me and committed to land. On very short final the tower controller transmitted 'go around -- go around.' seeing a clear and usable landing runway in front of me and with only one engine out I elected to use my authority as pilot in command to go ahead and land. After landing safely; I taxied to a fixed base operator. I had landed on an active taxiway parallel to the runway. There was equipment next to the taxiway but it was clear of the taxiway and no factor. I now know the problem was that the turbo charger on the left engine had failed.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A C414's turbocharger failed during climb to cruise. The pilot continued to his destination with deteriorating weather. During the ILS; he diverted his attention to retrim the aircraft; lost situational awareness and landed on a taxiway parallel to the ILS runway.

Narrative: Report of engine out; taxiway landing. I was the pilot and sole occupant of the Cessna 414A. We departed on the IFR flight plan. The flight plan called for a climb to FL250. The aircraft was operated under Part 91. While climbing out of FL240 for the filed altitude the left engine suffered a complete and sudden failure. I secured the engine; then ran the checklist and asked Center for a lower altitude; while I got the aircraft trimmed and set for single engine operation. I then made the decision to continue to my destination whose weather was reported at that time to be VFR. As we got closer to the destination the weather deteriorated and an ILS approach was called for. The approach was flown and the runway was in view at 650 FT MSL which was reported to the Tower Controller. At this point with the aircraft badly out of trim for landing I diverted my attention for an instant to adjust the trim. At approximately 500 FT when I returned my attention to the then visual approach and landed. I had concrete in front of me and committed to land. On very short final the Tower Controller transmitted 'Go Around -- Go Around.' Seeing a clear and usable landing runway in front of me and with only one engine out I elected to use my authority as pilot in command to go ahead and land. After landing safely; I taxied to a fixed base operator. I had landed on an active taxiway parallel to the runway. There was equipment next to the taxiway but it was clear of the taxiway and no factor. I now know the problem was that the turbo charger on the left engine had failed.

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.