S4 · 02/2022
09:58 PT ·
Joby · near Jolon, CA, USA
| Company | Joby |
| Category | drones evtol |
| Type | crash |
| Date | 02/2022 |
| Time of day | 09:58 PT |
| Location | near Jolon, CA, USA · Joby flight test site |
| Severity | S4 (serious injury, total loss, or grounding) |
| Scale | 1 prototype aircraft (total loss) |
| Confidence | high |
| Verification | Yes - adversarially checked against the cited source |
| Source | FlightGlobal / NTSB |
A remotely piloted Joby JAS4-2 pre-production eVTOL prototype broke apart mid-air near Jolon, CA after a propeller blade separated near the root during a high-speed dive (181 knots) in envelope-expansion flight testing, causing cascading loss of multiple propulsion units and total loss of the aircraft; no injuries (uninhabited area, no pilot aboard).