Distracted by a right engine fuel pressure problem; the pilot of a be-76 made his initial approach t...

Attributes
ACN	979472
Time
Date	201111
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
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	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Powerplant Fuel System
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60 Flight Crew Total 380 Flight Crew Type 5
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Narrative:

This problem was not reported by me to air traffic control since it wasn't an engine failure but it could have been. During my approach; ATC told me the airport was at 11 o'clock; proceed direct to the airport; maximum forward speed and make the approach close in to keep me in front of an air carrier aircraft inbound. I acknowledged and got transferred to tower. During this I got a right engine low fuel pressure indication for which I got out the checklist and started troubleshooting.I then lost situational awareness since I was already preparing for the worst; the need to do a single engine approach and declare an emergency. I looked to my left side and saw a runway and preceded direct thinking that was the intended runway of landing since I thought I was on a base already but instead I was on a modified base/downwind. I was cleared to land and about three to four miles out. At this point I was proceeding on a straight in runway xx instead of runway yy. At this point ATC advised of wrong alignment with runway and directed me to the correct one. After landing and turning off the electric fuel pump of the right engine it started to feel like it was starving of fuel and I turned it back on and proceeded to the ramp.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Distracted by a right engine fuel pressure problem; the pilot of a BE-76 made his initial approach to Runway XX vice Runway YY as cleared. The Tower advised of his error and he landed safely.

Narrative: This problem was not reported by me to Air Traffic Control since it wasn't an engine failure but it could have been. During my approach; ATC told me the airport was at 11 o'clock; proceed direct to the airport; maximum forward speed and make the approach close in to keep me in front of an air carrier aircraft inbound. I acknowledged and got transferred to Tower. During this I got a Right Engine LOW Fuel Pressure indication for which I got out the checklist and started troubleshooting.I then lost situational awareness since I was already preparing for the worst; the need to do a single engine approach and declare an emergency. I looked to my left side and saw a runway and preceded direct thinking that was the intended runway of landing since I thought I was on a base already but instead I was on a modified base/downwind. I was cleared to land and about three to four miles out. At this point I was proceeding on a straight in Runway XX instead of Runway YY. At this point ATC advised of wrong alignment with runway and directed me to the correct one. After landing and turning off the electric fuel pump of the right engine it started to feel like it was starving of fuel and I turned it back ON and proceeded to the ramp.

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.

Distracted by a right engine fuel pressure problem; the pilot of a be-76 made his initial approach to runway xx vice runway yy as cleared. The tower advised of his error and he landed safely.