Originally posted by Whirley Bird
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If that was an Avistar you crashed then you flew beyond your limits as a newbie.
Next time keep it higher.
I have a lot of flight time but the only thing I do at low alitude is touch and go at a rather high speed.
You'll love the trainer 60 but even that will crash if you do the same at low alitude.
An out of control plane like that can rearrange your face with that prop. 
Be careful.
The debris in my garage shows me that I flew beyond my limits. Have to live and learn. As for safety, that is the first thing my trainer taught me. I use stakes to hold my wings back when the plane is in the pit.
When the crash happened, it was about 250-300 yards away. The only people on the flight line were my buddy and I. Thanks for the advice about the 60 trainer but a new avistar is in the mail.
I am a safe flyer for poeple and other's personal property, as for the SPAD flyers in the area; they can clear the whole desert when they come out.