Enstrom Helicopter Engine Failure Student Pilot Interview

[@brianrutledge575]

Great to see a student pilot remain calm and do what he was trained to do. Excellent video!!

[@HelicopterGround]

Absolutely he did great!

[@kennethmartabano6613]

I had a similar engine out situation with my a model Enstrom. I took a friend out for his first ride in a helicopter from my front lawn . We made it about five miles and the engine quit, I knew the area very well and headed for the town park nearby. I was unable to make it so I opted to land at a school baseball field . As I approached , the school let all the kids out to play in field and they couldn’t hear a non running helicopter about to descend on them. I made a split decision to land inside the fenced in basketball court. We had to remove gates to get helicopter out onto a truck long story short it was my first and only engine out full stop auto and thankfully no damage except my friends foot cracked window below anti torque peddles . Enstrom saved our lives that day because I probably was not that great at auto rotations but my instructor drilled it into my brain and somehow it worked flawlessly. Kdm

[@HelicopterGround]

Thank you for the feedback!

[@ticenits1926]

Do you know what the cause of engine failure was?

[@kennethmartabano6613]

@@ticenits1926 it was a bad fuel gauge and pump , could have been avoided by a better preflight inspection.

[@737tech]

Great story. What caused the engine failure?

[@HelicopterGround]

He didn't state a reason!

[@haiderk3246]

🙏

[@HelicopterGround]

Thank you for the feedback!