Trent Moorehead wrote:

Has anyone here actually landed in a cornfield like this?

Dick Stark related one off-field landing by an amphibious seaplane.

"The plane dropped into the corn with a horrible, hollow-sounding 'WHUMP' about
60 feet short of the runway, or in other words, about 30 feet into the corn. The
corn was so tall that the plane sank out of sight.

THE FIELD EXPLODED!! Fourteen zillion panic-stricken crows erupted in a thousand
directions. It was as if a dense black cloud was spewing from the bowels of the
earth.

'CAW! CAW! CAW!' It sounded like an enormous 1000 pound bird had suddenly
started screaming. Some of the crows were flapping their wings so frenziedly as
they made their aerial exit, they left loose feathers fluttering in their wake.
Others seemed to be leaving small thin vapor trails behind them. They were very
upset.

About two seconds after the terrified horde of crows exited from the field,
there was the roar of an outraged Lycoming engine. The plane's bow appeared,
surging from the corn like the African Queen emerging from the reeds."

The damage was impressive. The main gear was torn off, as were the wing struts.
The wings had folded back, destroying the empennage. And it had been a
fabric-covered aircraft.

Stark also says "A cornfield is probably the worst type of crop you can choose
to land in. The rock-hard ears of field corn will totally destroy any plane that
dares to take them on."
It beats dying trying to save the aircraft, though.

George Patterson
The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.