# Accident 20160326024449A: Enstrom F280, Sodus, NY, March 26, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2016, 10:45 local time
- Place: Sodus, NY
- Airport: Williamson-Sodus
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.2347° N, 77.1247° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2347&lon=-77.1247&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5698Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5698Y-2018-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Enstrom F280 (registry code 3300510, https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-f280) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENSTROM F280
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,847 total, 151 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA163) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160326024449A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR REPORTED THAT HE ASKED THE PILOT RECEIVING INSTRUCTION TO DEMONSTRATE A RUN-ON LANDING ON THE SOD BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY. HE REPORTED THAT AS THE HELICOPTER TOUCHED DOWN AT ABOUT 25 MILES PER HOUR (21.72 KNOTS), THE PILOT LOWERED THE COLLECTIVE TO THE FULL DOWN POSITION WHILE THE HELICOPTER WAS STILL MOVING FORWARD WITH CONSIDERABLE MOMENTUM. THE HELICOPTER BEGAN TO "LURCH FORWARD" AND THE NOSE OF THE HELICOPTER STARTED TO LOWER. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR THEN CAME ON THE FLIGHT CONTROLS, BUT THE HELICOPTER HAD PROGRESSED TO AN "EXTREME NOSE LOW ATTITUDE," AND HE APPLIED AFT CYCLIC TO PREVENT THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES FROM IMPACTING TERRAIN. THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES INSTEAD IMPACTED AND SEPARATED THE TAILBOOM. THE FUSELAGE CONTINUED MOVING FORWARD AND THE NOSE IMPACTED TERRAIN AND THEN SETTLED BACK ON THE SKIDS. THE HELICOPTER SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE, MAIN ROTOR SYSTEM, TAILBOOM, AND TAIL ROTOR SYSTEM.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA16CA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA163), Mar 26, 2016: Enstrom F280 (N5698Y), Sodus, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper collective application at touchdown during a practice run-on landing, which resulted in the main rotor system impacting the tailboom and the forward portion of the fuselage…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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