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Lost the left engine in a P58 Baron. Due to lack of practice on single engine operations (read rusty and never practiced) I nearly wrecked a good aircraft and me (I thought I would be OK if I could land on my head). I forgot to roll in rudder trim and by the time I got to an airfield My leg was exhausted and shaking bad. I had the airplane at 5 knots over blue line when I entered the pattern. I turned a long final and while concentrating on heading and altitude, I let the air speed decay to just at or slightly under redline. The Baron tried to depart (read go nuts) my first inclination was to go full power on the right and try to get the nose down. For some reason, (don't know why) I pulled the power off and put the nose down. When the Baron was 5 over redline, I eased the power back in on the right engine and flew the last 1/4 mile to the runway in ground effect.
The moral: Practice engine out procedures regularly. Know your aircraft procedures. (pray a little) I just got lucky, should have crashed. I now practice engine out procedures at least twice per month. If you fly a twin and don't, DONT FLY A TWIN. I always thought it happened to "the other guy"
It doesn't, it happens to YOU.
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