[1] Something went wrong with the jet and Steeves was forced to eject and parachute out, landing in Dusy Basin, Kings Canyon National Park, near the 12,000 ft.

[1] Badly injuring both ankles, for 15 days he crawled nearly 20 miles over impassable mountains without food in freezing weather down the Middle Fork of the Kings River.

[1] 52 days after the accident, Steeves was found by a group of campers on horse back near Granite Basin and brought out of the mountains.

[1] Steeves moved to Fresno, west of where he ejected, and established an aviation firm that flew skydivers and modified light airplanes.

[2] In the summer of 1977 some Boy Scouts from Los Angeles on a hiking trip in Dusy Basin in Kings Canyon National Park came across an aircraft canopy.