Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 48; Flight Crew Total 4751; Flight Crew Type 2510
Situational Awareness; Training / Qualification; Workload
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Flight Crew FLC complied w / Automation / Advisory; Flight Crew Inflight Shutdown; General Declared Emergency; General Maintenance Action
Aircraft
Had an engine failure in cruise; secured the engine (shut it down/feathered the prop/cut the fuel); did not divert (I was by myself); changed the destination (longer runways and that's where maintenance is located); didn't declare an emergency - ATC did. Landed - it was easy to see because of all the red lights (this airport has combined military/civilian fire and rescue and they love an emergency); landing was uneventful (darn near perfect). The fire trucks even followed me as I taxied around the terminal to the maintenance facility. In 25 years of flying that was the second 'roll the equipment' landing. I was returning from simulator flight training. I had just spent 2 hours doing single engine work in the simulator that afternoon. Nothing like being current in your training! Right-hand engine driven high pressure fuel pump failed. Replaced; right-hand engine checked good. Inspected left-hand engine high pressure fuel pump; checked good. Inspected left-hand and right-hand Fuel Control Units (FCUs); checked good.
A King Air (BE-9T) high pressure fuel pump failed in cruise so the pilot feathered the engine and diverted to an airport with long runways and emergency equipment.