Wow, that's incredible. Goes to show that people <i>do</i> walk away from plane crashes with some regularity. My father was a pilot[0].<p>He sold his plane about 15 years ago (to a group of owners, one of which was a priest, I'm sure there's a joke in there). A few of winters later, he was called out to Romeo Airport; the pilot flying the plane that was formerly his had crashed the aircraft a few miles short of the runway in bad weather[1]. He was traveling with his daughter, a friend and, I think, his wife. He died, but his daughter was able to get free and make her way to a nearby farm to call for help. Looking at the plane, the fact that anyone <i>survived at all</i> let alone walked to a nearby house with minor injuries is pretty miraculous.<p>It's hard to impress upon folks who have never been in a small plane like that just how ... yeah ... how much it feels like you're hanging onto a kite. I have no idea the kinds of structural technologies are involved in the aircraft but I know his plane was made in the 70s and was light enough that he only had a pole which attached to the front landing gear to pull it out of the hangar. The weight is so critical that the 7-seat plane can realistically only seat 4-5 adults. I remember being shocked that they had to weigh the <i>paint</i> they applied when he had the plane re-painted.<p>[0] I'll spare the details as I have left many comments in the past about his experiences.<p>[1] <a href="https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/43894" rel="nofollow">https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/43894</a> - "Pilot Error"; I recall my Dad saying "<i>all</i> plane crashes are pilot error"<p>[2] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_PA-32_Cherokee_Six" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_PA-32_Cherokee_Six</a>