PA-44 Seminole/Turbo Seminole
Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 25; Flight Crew Total 207; Flight Crew Type 8.8
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical
Flight Crew Inflight Shutdown; Flight Crew Diverted; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; General Maintenance Action; General Declared Emergency
Aircraft
I was on my commercial multiengine checkride when the emergency occurred. After finishing the VMC demonstration I; with the DPE's help; was not able to restart the engine that I had shutdown in flight. We were already in the vicinity of ZZZ Airport; so I declared an emergency with Approach Control and landed the airplane safely at ZZZ. We taxied clear of the runway; shutdown the working engine; then called ATC and informed them that we were safe and asked if they would let Approach know our state.
PA44 pilot reports the failure of an engine to restart in flight during a VMC demonstration on a multiengine check ride. An emergency is declared and the flight diverts to the nearest suitable airport.