# NTSB Accident GAA16CA163
> **ENSTROM F280** · 2016-03-26 · Sodus, NY, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** GAA16CA163
- **Event ID:** 20160328X33033
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2016-03-26
- **Location:** Sodus, NY, USA
- **Coordinates:** 43.234722, -77.124725
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** ENSTROM
- **Model:** F280
- **Registration:** N5698Y
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## 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 impacting terrain during remedial action by the flight instructor. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor's delayed remedial action.

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