PA-44 Seminole/Turbo Seminole
Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Private; Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 87; Flight Crew Total 158; Flight Crew Type 55
Situational Awareness
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue
Air Traffic Control Issued New Clearance; Flight Crew Inflight Shutdown; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; Flight Crew Requested ATC Assistance / Clarification
Aircraft; Human Factors
During preflight I visually inspected the fuel; and could see that there was fuel; but did not physically verify. Also checked the fuel level gauges which both indicated full tanks. Concluded that there was enough fuel in order to complete the flight. Upon descent we experienced a right engine failure and determined that it was caused by insufficient fuel in the right tank. The fuel gauge had rapidly dropped to zero; and we had a complete loss of fuel pressure. After running an emergency checklist I contacted ATC. ATC gave [us] vectors [and] we made a visual landing without incident. This situation could have been avoided by physically verifying fuel level in both tanks instead of relying on the fuel level indications on the gauges.
PA-44 pilot reported the right engine failed on descent into destination airport when the right fuel tank ran dry.