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Meeting	ACGS Committee Meeting 114 - Cleveland, Ohio - October 2014
Agenda Location	10 SUBCOMMITTEE D – DYNAMICS, COMPUTATIONS, AND ANALYSIS 10.1 A Critical Analysis of the X-15 3-65-97 Accident – Part II: Human Factors
Title	A Critical Analysis of the X-15 3-65-97 Accident – Part II: Human Factors
Presenter	Immanuel Barshi
Affiliation	NASA Ames Research Center
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Abstract	Over its ten year lifespan and 199 flights, the X-15 program was remarkably successful in developing and operating the first manned hypersonic research platform. However, the program suffered a fatal accident in November 1967 when X-15-3, the only aircraft outfitted with advanced pilot displays, an adaptive flight control system, and an advanced reaction control system was lost after entering a spin at an altitude of 230,000 feet and a velocity near Mach 5. The pilot, USAF Maj. Michael J. Adams, was killed when the aircraft broke up at 62,000 feet near Cuddeback Lake, CA. In part two of this two-part series, attention is focused on the details of the human-machine interaction as well as the programmatic and cultural factors that affected the outcome in this incredibly complex accident.