X-15 Crash Landing (1962)

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Courtesy: NASA Langley Research Center

On 9 November 1962, an engine failure forced Jack McKay, a NASA research pilot, to make an emergency landing at Mud Lake, Nevada, in the second X-15 (56-6671); its landing gear collapsed and the X-15 flipped over on its back. McKay was promptly rescued by an Air Force medical team standing by near the launch site, and eventually recovered to fly the X-15 again. But his injuries, more serious than at first thought, eventually forced his retirement from NASA. The aircraft was sent back to the manufacturer, where it underwent extensive repairs and modifications. It returned to Edwards in February 1964 as the X-15A-2, with a longer fuselage (52 ft 5 in) and external fuel tanks.

The X-15 was flown over a period of nearly 10 years--June 1959 to Oct. 1968--and set the world's unofficial speed and altitude records of 4,520 mph (Mach 6.7) and 354,200 ft in a program to investigate all aspects of manned hypersonic flight. Information gained from the highly successful X-15 program contributed to the development of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo manned spaceflight programs, and also the Space Shuttle program.

The X-15s made a total of 199 flights, and were manufactured by North American Aviation. North American X-15A-2, serial number 56-6671, is at the United States Air Force Museum, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.

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[sebianoti]

awful quality, awesome crash

[Maniak88R1]

My uncle Charlie Baker was the crew chief on the x-15. Back in February I went to his 85th birthday party and he was telling us about this crash. From what I remember him saying, the pilot ejected the canopy just as it rolled over. I guess if he hadn't, he would have ran out of oxygen and died before the safety crew got there. The x-15 is made out of some serious composite material to survive that crash. I believed my uncle's story but this video just confirmed it.

[Rynin1]

Maniak88R1- Your uncle Charlie was my boss out at Dryden Flight Research Center a few years back. He too told me a few of his stories as the pilot in this video is my Grandfather.

[Rynin1]

4duncanm... where did you get your date from?

[TrixXxtaR]

Skills to pay the bills..

[4duncanm]

@sebianoti no duh its shitty quality loser, its from 1964

[Danielkchoi]

So -.-, we meet again 240p.

[ignoblius]

The rescue crew had to dig a hole under the cockpit to get the pilot out.

[weejor16]

lol i thought it was a bomb

[edguyftw]

I'm so glad the plane survived!!!

[iwtfsg]

@TV843 we was going way to fast for a stable landing that´s why he crashed