This is why we train (kind of long)

SD sdatverizondot.net@ wrote in message . ..

[snip excellent narrative about engine out on twin]

i'm just now catching up to the threads after the holidays, but i also
had an engine out in a twin over the holidays.....

mine was in a cessna 310 -- going into little rock. i was imc at
9000, was given a descent to 4000. going through ~5k, i was
given a left turn to 040, vectors for the final approach course,
ils 22 right at lit. i reached the heading and the altitude about
the same time. brought the throttles up, and whoa! i'm getting
a strong yaw to the right. so: identify -- right foot dead, right
engine dead, verify -- pulling the right throttle didn't change
anything, and feather. before i feathered, i looked at all
the engine instruments, and there's something strange -- the
right is showing ~9 inches m.p. so it can't have quit, or it would
be showing ambient. oh, well, sort it out on the ground. went
ahead and feathered, informed atc, shot the s.e. ils and landing.
they rolled the equipment, and i got to experience the joys of
taxiing on one for the first time.

could have been a lot worse:

1. it was day ifr (could have been night)
2. i broke out ~1000 agl (could have been to mins)
3. i started out ~120 below gross, and had burned ~250 lbs fuel,
so was at ~4700 (could have been at gross -- 5100)
4. was an ils (could have been a non-precision approach)
5. was the right engine (could have been the left [critical] engine).

turns out the right throttle cable broke just as i was powering up.
had to leave the plane in lit for a week for repairs ~$1500.

i would choose exactly the same title -- that's why we train.

g_a