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This is the proper way to shut down a turbine engine. It is called condition lever.
The other waynis by pulling the T handle, this is only used in an emergency such as an engine fire.
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What is the proper way to stop the engines?
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Actually, most if not all aircraft are shutdown with the mixture/condition lever. You can shutdown a piston aircraft with the magneto switch I suppose but that is not the recommended procedure. If the magneto is always "live" (mechanical issue) you will not shut it down using the magnetos therefore cutoff is used. A turbine engine has ignition only during starting, and when deice is turned on, it can be compared to as a blow torch. Ignition to light the fire, fuel feeds the fire till fuel is cut off (condition lever).