I have been flying for about 17 years and in that time have been an instructor and new plane test pilot. All up I have had about 23 crashes including 5 min fix ups. Out of these crashes all but 1 was pilot error. The one that wasn't was complete radio failure about 10 seconds after take off. After that plane had it's soul destroying arrival I lost my temper and dropped kicked the transmitter about 25' across the paddock. This is NOT recommended as it hurts your foot but in this instance it not only felt good for about 5 seconds until the pain kicked in but it also fixed the radio. Further investigation found a bad solder joint inside the TX so a more reliable solution was soon put in place.

As for those people who say they never crash it is my belief that you are either lying or don't fly, after all isn't a landing just a controlled crash any way lol.