This AM I had an engine failue shortly after takeoff from KCLM on my FSD Piper Cheyenne. I declared emrgency, requested return to KCLM. RC4 directed me to fly a heading to intercept the ILS to rwy 8 and descend and maintain 7000 (I was cleared to 9000). Well and good, but I was at 2000 and climbing very slowly. Due to terrain, I had to deviate from heading and when I was able to resume the heading, I was too close and high, so I declared missed approach. RC4 acknowleged the MA, then directed me to contact Approach. I pressed "1" to acknowledge and contact, but nothing happened. There was no menu option to contact approach. The frequency on comm 1 was the one given.As I flailed about, trying to climb as best I could on 1 engine, I kept getting "I say again, contact Approach on __" and I kept trying, to no avail.I finally tired of all this and decided to simply end the flight. No problem shutting down ActiveSky 6 and FS9, but there was no option to exit RC4.In all, a very frustrating flight. Did I do something wrong? I understand about the altitude, based on the MSA, but there should have been some way to contact Approach after the missed approach.Dale

I had almost the same happening to me.I was on CRZ altitude and had an engine out. Declared an emergency and requested vectors to the nearest airport. Unfortunately it was so close that when ATC told me to intercept the loc I was still far up in the sky.So I declared a missed approach and after being acknowledged was told by tower to contact approach. However the frequency in advdisp was the one of ground (and it actually marked it as ground as well). When I pressed 1 to contact ground anyway it suddenly displayed tower but the frequency remained the same. Again 1 and it went back to ground. However contact didn

for now, you shouldn't declare a missed approach after an emergency.and in 4.01, the option to declare a missed approach has been removed.i've checked with doug, he's never seen a missed approach after an emergency declaration.jd

>for now, you shouldn't declare a missed approach after an>emergency.>>and in 4.01, the option to declare a missed approach has been>removed.>>i've checked with doug, he's never seen a missed approach>after an emergency declaration.>>jdWell, it happens! I declared a missed approach while flying into Laredo AFB with an engine out (Northrop T-38, the real one, not a simulator) and found I couldn't get the landing gear down. This was in 1970. No one wants to do a missed approach during an emergency, but when you get a control-related issue on final, you have no choice.Back to the RC4 case. I wouldn't have declared missed approach if I had been cleared to a lower altitude. I was directed to 8000 ft and vectored to a short final on a runway at 291 ft MSL. (In my case, I wasn't able to climb to 8,000, but even at the 3,000 I had managed, there was no way to make the landing)Dale

we'll add it to the list. jd

>>we'll add it to the list.<