The worst thing that can happen on a maiden flight is to have it go well and when you are taxiing back to the flight station a van full of drunken 20 year olds suddenly drives across the runway, lost from the lake park area a few hundred yards away, and destroys the wing of the model......argh. They were zigging and zagging and I was not able to get out of their way....

That happened to my brand new Ace Super Pacer nearly 30 years ago and I remember that sound of the tire crunching balsa like it was yesterday.....sigh

They sped away and no one was able to get to a car in time to stop them......it was a hit and run!

a couple of years later, fences and barricades were installed so that could never happen again, anywhere in the park.