"John Ammeter" wrote

The nose of the RV was buried in the gravel and the wings were buried in
the two piles of gravel.

The contents of the fuel tanks drained out instantly (cut open by the
metal posts) into the gravel.
The RV may not use wood construction but it certainly is well designed for
pilot/passenger protection.

Sounds as though a harried landing turned from bad to worse to better.

I suspect the gravel was a savior. It slowed the stop, by absorbing energy
when it buried the plane. Less G's are a "good thing." g The fuel
soaking down into the gravel also made it harder to ignite, I would think.

So the moral of the story is to always crash into a gravel pile? ;-)
--
Jim in NC