VSS Enterprise PF04
Powered Flight 4 of Scaled Composites’ VSS Enterprise departed Mojave Air and Space Port beneath WhiteKnightTwo on October 31, 2014. About 13 seconds after airborne release, premature feather unlocking led to uncommanded feather extension and aerodynamic overload; the vehicle broke up near Koehn Dry Lake. Co-pilot Michael Alsbury was killed and pilot Peter Siebold was seriously injured.
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- SpaceShipTwo PF04Powered Flight 4N339SS
- Name
- VSS Enterprise PF04
- Status
- failed
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- Description
- Powered Flight 4 of Scaled Composites’ VSS Enterprise departed Mojave Air and Space Port beneath WhiteKnightTwo on October 31, 2014. About 13 seconds after airborne release, premature feather unlocking led to uncommanded feather extension and aerodynamic overload; the vehicle broke up near Koehn Dry Lake. Co-pilot Michael Alsbury was killed and pilot Peter Siebold was seriously injured.
- End Date
- 2014-10-31
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Failure - In-flight breakup
- Program
- SpaceShipTwo
- Start Date
- 2014-10-31
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- Creation Time
- April 26, 2026 at 15:30:58 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 13, 2026 at 11:22:56 UTC
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