...i agree, an asphalt parking lot is not the best place to be hovering - it's close to home, though - pretty handy when you don't have a lot of time - our grass field is 17 miles away...no flame-outs over the parking lot yet...

...last summer, i was hovering (quite a bit higher back then - probably around 15 feet) out at our grass field and ran it out of fuel - luckily, i was just off the end of the runway - over the taller grass - i held full up on the way down & it brought the nose up just enough - zero damage! - i had a major rebend job on the aluminum landing gear, though...pretty lucky...