He broke his leg landing on the top of the aircraft.
Bugger .... ref Chris's post above, they can only hover for certain periods of time and carry water to cool their air ducts in those circumstances, he must have run out !! But I know the hover is not as easy as it looks
If I recall there was a fault with the engine. He hovered for a few seconds then it crashed. It was all over the local news for a week or so. Took them several weeks to get the plane out of the water, during which time they shut the whole beach.
The official inquiry actually found that the cause was pilot error, the pilot having operated the throttle and nozzle controls together, leading to the loss of power. More information can be found here:
If you have ever seen inside a Harrier cockpit, you will know that these two controls are very close and the possibility of accidentally doing something you don't want to, is very real.
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