HONG KONG — The pilot of a plane that plunged over buildings, clipped a road and slammed into a river in Taiwan in February acknowledged seconds before impact that he had shut off the wrong engine, according to a report on the deadly crash released Thursday.

The report from the Aviation Safety Council in Taiwan also said that the pilot had failed a simulator test last year but passed a makeup exam.

The Feb. 4 crash of TransAsia Airways Flight 235, which was filmed by dashboard cameras that showed the plane plummeting over an elevated roadway in Taipei, the capital, killed 43 passengers and crew members, including the pilot, and injured 17 people, two of them on the ground.

The right engine of the ATR 72-600, a twin-engine turboprop, stopped producing thrust shortly after takeoff from Taipei Songshan Airport, according to the Aviation Safety Council’s report. But the pilot, Liao Chien-tsung, 42, apparently thought there was a problem with the left engine, which he shut off less than a minute later.