He flew too near the sun (6)
I believe the answer is:
icarus
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">he flew too near the sun</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for icarus that I've seen before include "involved in air crash" , "He died flying" , "Son of Daedalus whose wings melted fatally" , "His false wings melted" , "one with disintegrating wings" .)