Hey, that sounds exactly like Amelia Earhart! Shitty pilot (notoriously bad in aviation circles) who was promoted because she was pretty and photogenic.

Amelia's navigator and radioman Fred Noonan was reportedly one of the only people who would fly with her. He had a well known drinking problem and was seen drunk on the day they departed.

Amelia didn't know how to operate her own radios. She could not use Morse Code. She did not follow the guidance signals from the coast guard.

By all accounts she missed the tiny island that was her refueling stop and crashed on an atoll.

Now do Kara Hultgreen.

Oh wait. Here is a very authoritive video on the subject.

https://youtu.be/rFUXshaaMQM?si=mIFckmrr9DlJHxJW