Ornithopter released from balloon... crash, Jul 9, 1874 (1 killed)
Ornithopter released from balloon The Czar accident on July 9, 1874 near Robert Street, Chelsea, London, United Kingdom with 1 fatality. Cause:...
- Date: July 9, 1874
- Aircraft: Ornithopter released from balloon The Czar
- Location: Robert Street, Chelsea, London, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Contemporary accounts say the ornithopter collapsed instead of filling with air during its descent.
Vincent de Groof, known as the Flying Man, was released with his ornithopter from the balloon The Czar over Chelsea. The apparatus collapsed instead of opening, and he fell about 80 feet into Robert Street. He died at Chelsea Infirmary.