This is a real sticky situation that has been discussed a lot. You can search the Jet forum for a thread on an actual case that went to court. It was a situation where a Freq. flag was pulled and there were witnesses. Without witnesses or an admission of guilt there is no legal recourse.

There are also many, many times that people call out that they were hit when in fact it is much less common than snap stalls, bad batteries or switches, loose plugs and broken antennas.

H. Wayne, I understand your frustration but I hope your just venting and wouldn't actually act on what you are saying, that is a far cry from property damage through negligence and something the police would act on.

Some examples I have seen at our field.

A new Zero locked out and crashed. A frequency scanner indicated another radio on that channel which turned out to be a new electric. When confronted the pilot claimed to have the flag on 14 which turned out he put his flag in 41. When the park ranger call was threatened he wrote a check on the spot.

Another similar example that turned out to be a mislabeled radio that had been used for a year until the scanner caught it.

Getting back to the Jet case that I first mentioned. At what point does a person flying a $300 trainer have to be responsible because someone decides to spend $8000. on their model? I'm not sure on that one and do they own for the entire $8000 for a mistake?