# Incident 20080317012529I: Bolkms BK117C2, Baltimore, MD, March 17, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 2008, 07:30 local time
- Place: Baltimore, MD
- Airport: Pier 7
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BAQA
- Location: 39.2715° N, 76.5724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PIER 7 (4MD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2715&lon=-76.5724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N984ME, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N984ME) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter Deutschland MBB-BK 117 C-2 (registry code 5626002, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-deutschland-mbb-bk-117-c-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOLKMS BK117C2
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080317012529I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) CALLED THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO GET DETAILS OF OCCURRENCE ON ENGINE SHUTDOWN. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD JUST LIFTED FROM THE DOWNTOWN BALTIMORE HELIPORT (MD54) AND CLIMBED TO 250' WHEN HE GOT A MASTER CAUTION LIGHT. HE SCANNED THE PANEL TO FIND THE OIL PRESSURE DROPPING DOWN THROUGH THE YELLOW CAUTION AND INTO THE RED. AT THAT TIME THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ BROUGHT THE #2 ENGINE BACK TO IDLE AND PROCEEDED TO SHUTDOWN AND SECURE THE ENGINE. MARTIN STATE AIRPORT WAS CONTACTED AND HE PROCEEDED TO THE AIRPORT AND LANDED ON THE RAMP. AN INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AFTER LANDING FOUND OIL THROUGHOUT THE COMPARTMENT. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE CALLS TO THE HELICOPTER OPERATOR TO REPORT THE OCCURRENCE. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID THE HELICOPTER LAST FLEW ON 03/16/08 ABOUT 7-8 PM IN THE EVENING AND NO ISSUES WERE NOTED AT THAT TIME. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PERFORMED THE PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION IN THE MORNING OF 03/17/08 AND SAID THE ENGINE OIL SHOWED OVER HALF FULL AND WAS AT IT'S PROPER LEVEL DURING THE PRE-FLIGHT. THE HELICOPTER WAS ALSO FULL OF FUEL AT THAT TIME. I ASKED THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO HAVE THE MECHANIC CALL ME WHEN HE FINISHED HIS INSPECTION.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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