Katy Perry suffered a scare when she nearly fell off a flying prop at her concert Friday night. The pop superstar, 40, was performing her hit “Roar” as she flew above the crowd in San Francisco on a giant butterfly machine, when the technical prop suddenly malfunctioned.

Katy Perry is the latest performer to experience a mishap while flying above a crowd of fans, just weeks after Beyoncé paused her show briefly in Houston due to a suspended car malfunctioned. MORE ON ARTS: Hill Country arts venues along Guadalupe River suffer major damage from the flood Perry's fans in San Francisco on Friday night feared for the pop singer after a large butterfly-shaped prop carrying her through the air jolted and caused her to slip in her seat - creating a slight pause during her performance of her hit song "Roar.

Katy Perry’s mechanical butterfly started to fall from the sky during the concert. As she sang ‘Roar’ from the butterfly, one side jerked down. This all comes after Beyonce’s flying car mishap last week.