Cessna 340/340A
Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 15; Flight Crew Total 2300; Flight Crew Type 70
Workload; Human-Machine Interface; Situational Awareness
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Deviation - Speed All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
Air Traffic Control Provided Assistance; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; Flight Crew Inflight Shutdown; Flight Crew Diverted; General Declared Emergency
Aircraft; Human Factors
Departed with one passenger; full fuel; normal IFR departure and climbed to 10;000 FT. Heard a high pitch wine from an unknown source; engine instruments were in the green and appeared normal. One minute later; I noted lose of turbo charging on right engine. I adjusted for engine fuel richness and monitored temperatures. While reaching for the checklist; the engine started running in fast then slow oscillations; about 4-5 times and then quit. Temperature appeared normal. I secured the engine and feathered the prop. All appeared to happen within 1-2 minutes. Notified ATC of engine out and needed to declare for landing. Entered the clouds at 8;000 FT MSL; flew vectors to ILS; had a 22-26 KTS turbulent left crosswind on the localizer. Winds; upon breaking out of clouds at 700 FT AGL; were 5-10 KTS. I experienced moderate turbulence and difficulty maintaining airspeed and directional control until touchdown. Landed softly and taxied to FBO without a problem. Thanks to the Controller for a soft; calm voice throughout the event. Aircraft was out of annual for 6 hours; no problems during the prior trip. During single pilot IFR emergency operations; can ATC offer/suggest/read the emergency checklists? It would have helped reducing pilot workload and better prepared the aircraft and pilot for off airport landing. Example: gear and flaps up until can be runway made. I dropped the gear and lost airspeed that was hard to make up.
C340 pilot experienced an engine failure shortly after leveling off at 10;000 FT. An emergency is declared and flight diverts to the nearest suitable airport. The pilot reports difficulty managing the emergency and flying the single engine ILS in IMC and turbulence as a single pilot. The gear is extended early resulting in difficulty maintaining approach speed.