# NTSB Accident LAX01LA063
> **Bell 206-L3** · 2000-12-22 · WILCOX, AZ, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX01LA063
- **Event ID:** 20010105X00037
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-12-22
- **Location:** WILCOX, AZ, USA
- **Coordinates:** 32.42942, -109.879806
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 3
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Bell
- **Model:** 206-L3
- **Registration:** N288JB
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## 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.

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