I do not know if you are a pilot or not. I am not, but have been in the aviation business for over twenty years. The scenario painted in the NTSB report is one where the probability of arriving alive for an unrated or inexperienced pilot is very low. Overconfidence of beginning pilots or infrequent pilots is why the GA accident rate is so high, compared to air commerce.

Like JFK jr or not, he was on a fools flight and he was in command. thusly, he is responsible for the deaths of his passengers.

I met JFK jr once, in Clarksdale, MS at the Sunflower River Blues Fest, he was staying with a friend of mine, whose family was a big plantation owner in the delta. He was as most of his ilk, not actually aware of the realities of unsheltered life. A decent enough guy, but even decent people can be overconfident, and aviation is an area where you are NOT rewarded positively for overconfindence and inexperience.