Golden Eagle 421
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60; Flight Crew Total 8655; Flight Crew Type 75
Time Pressure; Training / Qualification; Workload; Situational Awareness
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action; Flight Crew Returned To Departure Airport; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; Flight Crew Inflight Shutdown; General Declared Emergency
Aircraft
I took off with 4 passengers on board taking off on Runway 35; the wind was 030 at 7 KTS. After liftoff and positive rate of climb I raised the landing gear. At about 500 AGL I started our left turn when the right engine quit running and the propeller stopped in the feather position. I continued the left turn and flew the left downwind to land Runway 35. On downwind I attempted to restart the right engine 1 time and review the memory items. I continued flying the aircraft in a normal pattern and landed per single engine procedures on Runway 35 and taxied off the end of the runway. With no other problems after landing I taxied and parked the aircraft in transient parking and deplaned the passengers.
The reporter stated that the propeller governor failed which caused the propeller to feather and subsequently the engine quit. This aircraft does not have an autofeather capability so when he looked at the engine he was very surprised to see it in the feathered position so returning to the departure airport was an easy decision.
A CE-421C propeller governor failed on takeoff and feathered the propeller so when the engine also quit the pilot completed the engine shutdown checklist memory items and returned to land.