Service difficulty report · Switch · Bolkms BK117C2

Difficulty date
February 18, 2024
Submitted
February 22, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N982LF
Make and model
Bolkms BK117C2
Aircraft serial
9842
Aircraft time
1,617 hours, 5,113 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL1E2
Engine time
4,240 hours, 7,498 cycles
Part
Switch
Condition
Faulted
Location
#2 Eng Warning U
Part time
1,617 hours, 5,671 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
X, Y, J
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

STARTED DECENT FROM 2000MSL. COLLECTIVE WAS LOWERD ABOUT 80% DOWN BUT NOT FULL DOWN. THE FUEL VALVE CLOSE CAUTION ILLUMINATED FOLLOWED BY FUEL PRESSURE LIGHT ON THE #2 ENGINE. THE #2 ENGINE SHUT DOWN ABOUT 15 SECONDS LATER. OEI WAS ESTABLISHED. LOW ROTOR WARNING CAME ON AND WAS MANUALLY BEEPED BACK UP BY THE PILOT. THE FUEL SWITCH WAS NEVER DEPRESSED BY THE PILOT. AT 50% N1 THE GREEN ACTIVE LIGHT CAME ON FOR THE FIRE BOTTLES. THE #2 ENGINE WAS INDENTIFIED AND SECURED. ALL TEMPS AND PRESSURE WERE NORMAL FOR THE #1 ENGINE. PILOT NEVER TOUCHED THE FUEL VALVE SWITCH. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND A SINGLE ENGINE LANDING WAS PERFORMED AT WORCESTER, MA AIRPORT.