This is what is usually called 'pilot error'
“controlled flight into terrain,”...........They hit a mountainside in a cloud......................
This is what is usually called 'pilot error'
That phenomenon has taken quite a few entertainers over the years.....Patsy Cline and Stevie Ray Vaughn come to mind.
I remember reading about WWII a number of US fighter pilots in this area flew upside down to look close up at the terrain. When it came time to climb, they pulled up on the stick and were killed.