That one time on Distant Worlds 2, when I was going down on a planet I could swear I was still in Glide Mode, but when the whistling didn't stop and the ground came closer and closer I came to understand that I missed the end of glide, and due to flying FA-off, my descent didn't end. Well. It did. Abruptly.
Buuuut this time I didn't explode actually, because my exploration ships are robust with reinforced shields and heavy duty modded armour. Don't fly cardboard ships, kids!
But yes. Every explorer loses data to their own stupidity once in a while.
Boosting at the wrong time, flying into white dwarf tails thinking it's a neutron star (definitely not me), pushing the SCO too far and running out of fuel (completely new way of screwing up. Fuel Rats should charge for SCO addicts), bouncing into a crater not realising how fast the ship is, accidently pressing the surface scanner button after a jump, realising you can activate it at full speed, and flying into a sun, or death by cockpit cats hitting boost in the wrongest moment possible.