PA-31 Navajo/Chieftan/Mojave/T1040
Situational Awareness; Troubleshooting; Workload
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical
Flight Crew Inflight Shutdown; Flight Crew Diverted; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; General Declared Emergency; General Maintenance Action
Aircraft
When I was en route I felt a yawing motion of the plane and noticed that the right engine manifold pressure had dropped to approximately 20 inches. I looked out at the right engine and notice that the wasn't the typical red glowing pipe that you normally see so I figured the turbo had failed and did not consider it to be a big issue. My plan was to continue to the filed destination; call Dispatch and Maintenance; and then go from there. Shortly after noticing the turbo failed; the engine began to constantly back fire; I saw oil slowly leaking out of the side access door; and I noticed the fuel flow had dropped to below 10 GPH. At this time I followed the engine failure/shut down list and shut the engine down to prevent any further damage to the engine. I contacted ATC let them know of my situation and ended up landing single engine safely at a nearby airport.
A PA-31 turbo failed which caused an oil leak. The pilot shut the engine down and diverted to a nearby airport.