I'm not sure if this is common, actually. Most people I know tried flying in early in their lucid 'career', and maybe had some trouble with getting the technique nailed; but I've never heard of anyone waking up from merely attempting to fly.
A lot of things in lucid dreaming rely on your expectations. If you expect something to happen, it probably will.
Stephen LaBerge himself has shown this; when he tries spinning to induce clarity to a dream, he usually ends up in his room; just because he expects to. In LaBerge's book 'Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming' he tells of a pioneering dream experimenter (can't remember his name) who had thought if he spoke his name in a dream, he would wake up. When he tried this experimentally, he did wake up. But when LaBerge tried this himself, he said his name without waking up.
What I'm trying to say is; if you expect flying isn't going to work, it won't. So expect that, next time you become lucid, you'll be able to fly off with ease without waking up or losing clarity.
My advice would also be to stay calm, and focus on maintaining dream clarity. Then just gradually try to hover - then maybe go a little higher - until you're confident to try moving around.
Most importantly, don't let it stress you out or worry you.
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