Sometimes one really has to wonder if there is something such as 'fate'...
Yes, it was actually his third crash, I believe. Very sad, and as Adam states, a very experienced pilot, but....
Somewhere else on the web, someone, with very great tact and not meaning to cause any disrespect, questioned this apparent run of 'bad luck', Three crashes within a relatively short space of time, seems, well bad karma, or 'fate'.
Perhaps some indivuduals may just push it that once too often, and no good comes from that.
RIP.