Dec 22, 2000
Accident
Substantial WILCOX, AZ
Injuries3 minor
Phase of Flight-
ConditionsVMC
OperationFAR 091
Probable Cause
The pilot's incapacitation that resulted from nausea during the final approach to landing. The pilot collapsed on the cyclic, which precipitated inadvertent contact between the main rotor blades and the ground. Factors were hilly terrain on a dark night, which discouraged the pilot from attempting to land at the first signs of discomfort.
NTSB LAX01LA063