Accidents
Wrong Engine Shutdown Triggers Helicopter Fatal
An Airbus BK117 C2 crashed after the pilot shut down the No. 1 engine after the No. 2 engine began to fail.

The fatal Sept. 8, 2017 crash of an Airbus BK117C2 helicopter air ambulance occurred after the pilot shut down the number-one engine after the number-two engine began to fail, according to an NTSB final report. “The complete loss of engine power likely occurred at an altitude and/or airspeed that was too low for the pilot to execute a successful emergency autorotative landing,” it added.


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