The only fatality of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_X-15" id="mw3A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="North American X-15">North American X-15</a> program occurs during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-15_Flight_3-65-97" id="mw3Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="X-15 Flight 3-65-97">191st flight</a> when Air Force test pilot <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Adams" id="mw3g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Michael J. Adams">Michael J. Adams</a> loses control of his aircraft which is destroyed mid-air over the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojave_Desert" id="mw3w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mojave Desert">Mojave Desert</a>.