- Who
- Otto Lilienthal
- Where
- Germany (Berlin)
- When
On 9 August 1896, Otto Lilienthal, a famous engineer, mathematician and pioneer of flight who made more than 2,000 flights in gliders, was caught by a gust of wind, stalled and crashed his glider. He died the next day as a result of his injuries. He was the first man to be fatally injured in an unpowered aircraft.
