peterson fired the landing rockets to provide additional lift, but he hit the lake bed before the landing gear was fully down and locked. the m2-f2 rolled over six times, coming to rest upside down. pulled from the vehicle by jay king and joseph huxman, peterson was rushed to the base hospital, transferred to the march air force base hospital and then the ucla hospital. he recovered but lost vision in his right eye due to a staphylococcal infection.