I'm sorry you've had trouble with LTA landings on your property. We are generally very cautious and courteous about recovery. However, not all operators are the same. I instruct our recovery driver to contact the land owner/manager before driving on and if that can't be done, we have a little 110cc scooter that we can use to get to the aircraft and check to make sure we don't do more damage.
Life and safety of the pax is foremost in our efforts, but all pilots have been trained to be polite, and careful when recovering from private property. It's very rare that we are denied permission to drive on, but it has happened. I once had to disassemble the craft until it could all fit on hand cart sections, remove it manually from a fallow field, and put it all in the truck when a landowner refused to allow any motor vehicles on his grazing land. He drove up and down the land on his tractor just glaring at us for 4-5 hours.
The worst story comes from 1993, in upstate Indiana. A 'balloon' with 3 pax in it were coming down in a field, and were shot at by the land owner with a 20Ga shotgun, which pierced the basket, and also put a few holes in the fabric. Thankfully, the fuel tank wasn't hit. So - it cuts both ways.
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