If engine fire persists after initial actions, what action is required?

If engine fire persists after initial actions, what action is required?

• A. LAND/DITCH IMMEDIATELY
• B. LAND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
• C. Evacuate
• D. Climb

Answer: (A)

When an engine fire continues after you’ve run through the initial fire suppression steps, the immediate priority is to get the helicopter on the ground or onto the water as quickly as possible. Landing or ditching right away gives you a safe place to fight the fire up close, shuts off fuel to the engine, and minimizes the chance of the fire spreading or causing a loss of control. Delaying to perform further checks or climbs would keep the fire feeding and the risk growing, which is unacceptable in a scenario where the fire persists despite your first actions. In an MH-65E operating over water, ditching is the specific form of landing used when necessary, but the underlying principle is the same: immediate, decisive action to bring the fire under control by getting to a safe surface.

When an engine fire continues after you’ve run through the initial fire suppression steps, the immediate priority is to get the helicopter on the ground or onto the water as quickly as possible. Landing or ditching right away gives you a safe place to fight the fire up close, shuts off fuel to the engine, and minimizes the chance of the fire spreading or causing a loss of control.

Delaying to perform further checks or climbs would keep the fire feeding and the risk growing, which is unacceptable in a scenario where the fire persists despite your first actions. In an MH-65E operating over water, ditching is the specific form of landing used when necessary, but the underlying principle is the same: immediate, decisive action to bring the fire under control by getting to a safe surface.