The was also the Dover C-5 crash where a good engine was left at idle and the th...

Animats · on July 5, 2023

Hm? A C-5 is a four-engine plane.

There was a C-5 crash at Dover after an engine failure, but it wasn't caused by shutting down the wrong engine.[1]

[1] https://theaviationgeekclub.com/an-in-depth-analysis-of-infa...

rpeden · on July 17, 2023

Your link mentioned it as one of the causal factors:

In this confusion, induced by the rushed approach, they did not catch that the copilot had brought up the throttle for the dead engine, and left the throttle for the good inboard engine at idle power. This made them a two-engine heavyweight aircraft without enough power to save themselves.