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A multi-engine bk mbb-117 C2 helicopter pilot made an emergency landing at a nearby airport after experiencing an engine failure shortly after takeoff.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 901277 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201007 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | MBB-BK 117 All Series |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb Climb |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Turbine Engine |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
We departed the hospital pad with the torques matched on both engines to a hover at 50 ft; then accelerated forward into a flight mode. About a half mile south of the hospital pad; at 500 AGL and around 50 KTS the #1 engine started to rollback and I established an oei [one engine inoperative] flight mode and adjusted the collective to maintain single engine operations. The #2 engine increased automatically as it is programmed to do; and I established a low gradient climb to clear the obstacles and added forward cyclic to increase the forward airspeed.at this point I elected to go to the nearest airport and execute a run-on landing with one engine at idle and the other at fly. After establishing a long shallow approach I elected to complete the run-on to the parallel taxiway so as not to shutdown the commuter aerodrome after landing. On final at about 1-2 miles out the fuel pressure light on the #1 engine flickered on and off several times during the approach. A call on CTAF frequency was made advising we were making a precautionary landing and we executed the landing without incident.at this point we informed the company and maintenance of our location and situation.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A multi-engine BK MBB-117 C2 helicopter pilot made an emergency landing at a nearby airport after experiencing an engine failure shortly after takeoff.
Narrative: We departed the hospital pad with the torques matched on both engines to a hover at 50 FT; then accelerated forward into a flight mode. About a half mile south of the hospital pad; at 500 AGL and around 50 KTS the #1 engine started to rollback and I established an OEI [One Engine Inoperative] flight mode and adjusted the collective to maintain single engine operations. The #2 engine increased automatically as it is programmed to do; and I established a low gradient climb to clear the obstacles and added forward cyclic to increase the forward airspeed.At this point I elected to go to the nearest airport and execute a run-on landing with one engine at idle and the other at fly. After establishing a long shallow approach I elected to complete the run-on to the parallel taxiway so as not to shutdown the commuter aerodrome after landing. On final at about 1-2 miles out the fuel pressure light on the #1 engine flickered on and off several times during the approach. A call on CTAF frequency was made advising we were making a precautionary landing and we executed the landing without incident.At this point we informed the Company and Maintenance of our location and situation.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.