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| Date: | Friday 4 October 2024 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Holybro X500 V2 Quadcopter UAV |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | Unregistered |
| MSN: | N/K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | near Lode, Cambridgeshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | near Lode, Cambridgeshire |
| near Lode, Cambridgeshire |
4 October 2024: Holybro X500 V2 Quadcopter UAV: substantially damaged when fell to the ground from an altitude of approximately 6 metres (20 feet) near Lode, Cambridgeshire. The incident was the subject of an AAIB Record Only Investigation, and the following is the summary from the AAIB report, published on 9 January 2025:
"The UAV, after 13 minutes of flight, commenced its critical low voltage emergency landing procedure at the moment that the remote pilot landed the aircraft; the landing procedure begins with a climb to 15 metres. The remote pilot, saw the unexpected climb (which was un-commanded by him) and so cut all power to the motors; the UAV fell to the ground from a height of about 6 metres (20 feet)".
Damage Sustained to UAV:
Per the AAIB Report "the UAV fell to the ground from a height of about 6 metres (20 feet)" and is therefore presumed to have sustained significant impact damage in the fall to the ground.
Lode is a small village in East Cambridgeshire on the southern edge of The Fens. It lies just north of the B1102 between Quy and Swaffham Bulbeck, 8 miles (13 km) to the north east of Cambridge.
Sources:
1. AAIB Record-only UAS investigations reviewed: October-November 2024 (Published 9 January 2025): https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/aaib-record-only-uas-investigations-reviewed-october-november-2024/aaib-record-only-uas-investigations-reviewed-october-november-2024
2. https://holybro.com/products/px4-development-kit-x500-v2
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lode,_Cambridgeshire
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jan-2025 20:00 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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