Hydrogen balloon with fireworks crash, Jul 6, 1819 (1 killed)
Hydrogen balloon with fireworks accident on July 6, 1819 near Rue de Provence, Paris (balloon came down on a house roof after an ascent from Tivoli...
- Date: July 6, 1819
- Aircraft: Hydrogen balloon with fireworks
- Location: Rue de Provence, Paris (balloon came down on a house roof after an ascent from Tivoli Gardens), France
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Ignition of the hydrogen gas, most likely from the fireworks attached to the balloon. Accounts differ on the exact cause.
Sophie Blanchard made an evening ascent from the Tivoli Gardens in Paris in a hydrogen balloon fitted with fireworks. The gas caught fire, the balloon struck a house roof in the Rue de Provence, and she fell to the street and died.