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A rotary winged pilot accidentally turns off his fuel selector for #1 engine after turning off his force trim control during his landing procedure at pit. He rotors down with the remaining #2 engine.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 411869 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199808 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pit |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 300 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : pit |
| Make Model Name | Helicopter |
| Operating Under FAR Part | other : unknown |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 35 flight time total : 2250 |
| ASRS Report | 411869 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : insufficient time |
| Consequence | Other |
Narrative:
On final, I turned off force trim control and inadvertently, turned off fuel valve to engine #1. Valve and force trim switches are 4 inches apart. Performed standard single engine run on landing and restarted engine #1, no problem with engine #2. Fuel valves need covers to prevent mistakes.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A ROTARY WINGED PLT ACCIDENTALLY TURNS OFF HIS FUEL SELECTOR FOR #1 ENG AFTER TURNING OFF HIS FORCE TRIM CTL DURING HIS LNDG PROC AT PIT. HE ROTORS DOWN WITH THE REMAINING #2 ENG.
Narrative: ON FINAL, I TURNED OFF FORCE TRIM CTL AND INADVERTENTLY, TURNED OFF FUEL VALVE TO ENG #1. VALVE AND FORCE TRIM SWITCHES ARE 4 INCHES APART. PERFORMED STANDARD SINGLE ENG RUN ON LNDG AND RESTARTED ENG #1, NO PROB WITH ENG #2. FUEL VALVES NEED COVERS TO PREVENT MISTAKES.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.