a heavy crash is unlikely
Reports were that the aircraft suffered very little damage, undercarriage and fuel tank being mentioned.
On April 22, 1918, the consulting surgeon and the consulting physician of the British 4th Army examined the body, finding the fatal wound, a compound fracture of the lower jaw on the left side, and also some minor bruising of the head and face.
Richthofen had been shot in the head during action on 6 July 1917, which required surgery, and stayed at field hospital No 76 in Kortrik, Belgium, until 26 July. He had been diagnosed as having a concussion and cerebral haemorrhage. The skull wound had not closed, and it is probable that bare bone may still have been visible upon death, though post mortem makes no mention. The change in his demeanour following the head wound suggested he may have suffered a neurological disorder as a result, though his Mother thought it a result of action seen during the war generally.
http://www.anzacs.net/MvR-MedicalExam.htm
Wreckage after the souvenir hunters had their fill.
