It might of course be that the chap was still suffering from a degree of shock when he was interviewed and will find the Biggles comment even more cringeworthy than the rest of us. Possibly enough to not want to be involved in aviation any more. I'll await the AAIB report with interest.
It does concern me in general though that every time we get a story about a pilot "heroically" (or more sadly "sacrificing his life by...") steering his light aircraft away from houses, school, hospital or whatever else happens to be in a five mile radius from the crash site the implication is reinforced that light aircraft represent some kind of threat to the public on the ground when they "fall out of the air". In reality of course such a threat is minimal- far less for example than a car or even a motorcycle veering onto the pavement so maybe we should all emphasise that when discussing such incidents with our non flying friends and colleagues.