Quote Originally Posted by Frank Giger View Post
Talking within the community, incidents like mine aren't as uncommon as I thought they were. If it doesn't happen in front of the FAA, the cops, or a reporter, it just didn't happen.
Quote Originally Posted by rwanttaja View Post
Otherwise, very true, and not just on the low-buck airplanes. I had previously mentioned a BD-4 accident that occurred at an EAA picnic on an airpark. Chapter members got the pieces stuffed into a hangar before the cops showed up.
Yeah, I've seen more than a few wrecks being tucked out of sight as soon as possible. But with cellphones being ubiquitous nowadays people are just programmed to dial 911 at the slightest provocation, so I suspect even minor accidents will be more likely to be reported.

Of course I was just unlucky, making my forced landing earlier this fall within sight of a major interstate. They demanded I remove the wreckage immediately just so they'd stop getting 911 calls.