HF,
I'd be interested in the circumstances behind a 117 disc getting that low: the MMI must have been firmly in the red
SS,
The Sea King Accesory Drive caught me (and the Boss: I was JJ, so his co pilot
) when we opted to shut down blades spread in Denmark, without the tedious business of retarding engines, etc.
"Watch this, Boss. All you do is switch off the gens, shut down, then put the Speed Selects in the right sequence to allow the AD actuator to motor, fool the system and Bob's your Mother's brother"
Great idea: especially when the battery cable had broken, so no generator, no power. No self exciting generators in those days, no way to shut down without wiggly amps: even retarding the manual throttles didn't flame the blasted engines out!!!!
Eventually the C130 landed with the support equipment and a ground power unit, but (as always) it was all My Fault. We sat there that long, that I wish we had run out of fuel to get away from the frosty atmosphere in the cockpit
