S4 · 08/09
2023 ·
Vertical Aerospace · Kemble Airfield, Gloucestershire, UK
| Company | Vertical Aerospace |
| Category | drones evtol |
| Type | crash |
| Date | 08/09 2023 |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | Kemble Airfield, Gloucestershire, UK |
| Severity | S4 (serious injury, total loss, or grounding) |
| Scale | - |
| Confidence | high |
| Verification | Yes - adversarially checked against the cited source |
| Source | AeroTime / FlightGlobal |
An uncrewed Vertical Aerospace VX4 eVTOL prototype crashed during a flight test; a UK AAIB investigation later found the crash was caused by a rotor blade release due to a manufacturing defect, with no injuries reported.