Sure, I'll fess up...
Only had about a month's experience and maybe 5 hours flight time when I had one real incident which resulted in a minor crash,
with fortunately no injuries to others, and only minor damage.
Was trying to land in a more constricted area, with at the most 15 feet clearance all around... low 4 foot wall in front,
and to the left... larger archway structure behind me and a small tree to the right. Took off from there, so it should
be no problem, right?
Yeah, well not so much... battery was getting to about 15 volts so I brought the H back, and for the first time had
experienced some toilet bowling. At the same time a family came into the area, and of course the 7 year old
beelined for the Typhoon.
Well, even though I had read on these boards,
"If in trouble, gain altitude... can't run into a 25 foot tree or structure
if you're 25 feet above them." Started to panic with the child nearby and waved him off... tried to bring the H down,
and it really started drifting more within about 3 feet of the ground. Likely prop wash was exacerbating the drift.
Ended up drifting into that low wall, taking out 3 props, and immediately started it's final uncontrolled descent
to the ground.
Final damage: 5 props done ,with 3 broken and 2 more dinged and scuffed enough that I did not trust them.
One landing strut snapped at the base when it abruptly completed the 3 foot drop to the ground, and when the
landing gear gave way, the gimbal mount was dislodged. Fortunately, it did not tear out any of the connection wires.
Total cost to repair was only about $60, for a full set of props, replacement gimbal mount and one landing strut.
Totally my fault, because:
1) I did not land in a more open area... I
could have gained altitude and right sticked the H to an open parking lot
with only 3 cars in it, 50 yards away. When my panic started kicking in, my judgement stared drifting as badly as the
drone.
2) At that point I did not trust the advisement of some senior members of this board, and was still in the mode of
"There is NO way I'm going to try and catch a flying Cuisinart". I now know that it will many times be the safest
method of landing when things go south and as you might have seen in the last week, I have fully embraced that
landing technique.