I have been flying for a little over 3 years I have lost 2 planes. One was a scratch built OS 10LA I lost into a tree about 3 months after I started flying. The other was a Tribute 36PNP that had a bad servo and disabled my receiver immediatly after takeoff, again in a tree.

I broke 5-10 props, most of those were on my smaller electrics and GWS SlowStick cause I tend to fly them in more in bad weather.

I repaired 3 sets of landing gear. One I was a Pheonix models Sonic I had too much down trim on its first flight and when I got it into the air I let up on the elevator and it went right back into the ground. Another was a Pheonix model Laser that I had a deadstick on it's first flight. As soon as the engine quit I realized it was tailheavy, so I set it down as easy as I could. The third gear reapair was a Tower Trainer I was doing some landing practice with and on one of the takeoffs the wind caught it and it started heading for the pits. I probably could have cleared it but I chose to roll it over into the ground to be safe. All of them were ready to fly again within a day.

Now as for servos I have never had to replace one in any of my larger planes. But as for submicro's I probably ruined about 5 of those last year. I decided this year I aint buying any more weak servo's for my small planes. They have plenty of power but the gears and other components just can't take alot of stick jamming. I am hoping the metal geared ones will solve my problem.

I have had some other crashes but those are like the scratch built, pink foam, 4oz twin 12 watt 12" span Delta I flew a few times.

I probably spent $80 on repairs last year including servos, glue(already had), covering(already had) and wood(already had). So, if you don't count my existing supplies, all I paid for was servos and props which would cut that in half. And if I quit buying cheap servos that should go down also.

The worst crash I saw last year was a Pheonix Models Sonic an older guy was flying when he plowed vertically into the ground at full throttle 20 ft in front of another guy flying. It sounded like a lawnmower hitting a gopher mound.
That was very surreal to say the least.-BW