[T.B. Yoits]

From the article: Not only was the Black Hawk flying too high, but in the final seconds before the crash, its pilot failed to heed a directive from her co-pilot, an Army flight instructor, to change course.

That's not a "misstep", that's criminal negligence.

The self-direction she failed at, months to years before that flight, was to direct herself to say "no" to those who steered her toward aviation.

Failing that, her next self-direction she missed was directing herself to turn in her wings.

[Rummyfan]

Not only was the Black Hawk flying too high, but in the final seconds before the crash, its pilot failed to heed a directive from her co-pilot, an Army flight instructor, to change course.

That's not a "misstep", that's criminal negligence.

Indeed.