Refers to a problem where the pilot did the wrong thing because of disorientation or perceptual confusion. Take controlled flight into terrain, a common enough

Refers to a problem where the pilot did the wrong thing because of disorientation or perceptual confusion. Take controlled flight into terrain, a common enough problem that aviation safety writing just calls it CFIT. This is when an aircraft collides with terrain, but there was no loss of control. CFIT is a relatively common occurrence, but why does someone fly a completely controllable aircraft into the ground? Almost always due to perceptual confusion, disorientation either to attitude or location. Unintended entry into instrument conditions (e.g. into a cloud or fog bank) is one cause, but disorientation can occur for a number of other reasons as well, including in good weather conditions.