Yes, I remember the day of the Colin MacRae helio crash, where he wiped out his small son, a friend, and another young child. I was at an airfield close by, and decided it was just too crap to fly. On the road home, I heard the first reports coming through. Like you, my first thought was, why anyone would go up in that, particularly with young family. I waited for the report, and guess what. Nothing wrong with the aeroplane, everything wrong with the pilot, again......
I am getting pretty sick about reading all these reports, where guys take off, with family members on board, generally youngsters, and plough it in. The seven year old survivor of the latest one in the States, makes totally despairing reading. I am actually beginning to wonder what it is all about..