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Some teenagers dream of starring in Hollywood movies. Others fantasize about scoring touchdowns in front of a prime-time viewing audience.

Pilots of two different aircraft allow a false understanding of the reality around them at night and in instrument conditions to set the stage for their respective accidents.

The first thing a pilot would want to do at night is get high above any obstacle in or near his path.

The National Transportation Safety Board blamed an October 2017 Cessna 172 accident, which killed both the pilot and his wife, on “the pilot’s decision to fly along the river at low altitude contrary to applicable regulations and safety of flight considerations.”

A serendipitous discovery uncovers priceless aeronautical memorabilia.

The pilot of a helicopter becomes disoriented near the Bay Bridge in Maryland after entering IFR conditions.

The pilot of a Cessna 340 took off in fog in Bartow, Florida, in 2007 with dire consequences.

A look at the aftermath of a November 2016 crash of a Navion near Ocean County Airport (KMJX) at Toms River, New Jersey.

A pilot famous for his baseball record takes an Icon past its limits with fatal results.

An investigation finds that altitude might have saved the pilot from the tragic outcome of the flight.