the crash may not have been caused by the wind, but the two failed attempts at landing WERE due to the wind. If the aircraft hand landed on one of those attempts, it could not have crashed.
Following on from Trim Stab's comments re age / experience. I also wonder if she felt under any pressure to complete the trip simply due to her sex.
Thats not intended as an insult to her: merely a question as to what kind of peer pressure she was under as female pilot in a machismo oriented society.