An idiot for sure but ... what actual law did he break? It was his plane, he obviously chose a desolate area to ‘crash’. Is everything so regulated that he can’t do what he wants with his own property?
He may have crashed the plane in a desolate area, but the crash could have ignited a disastrous brushfire.
It was an area where a wildfire would have been fast spreading and difficult to fight. He needs a special kind of ass kicking.