18 U.S. Code § 32 - Destruction of aircraft or aircraft facilities states, in part:
(a)Whoever willfully—
(1)sets fire to, damages, destroys, disables, or wrecks any aircraft in the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States or any civil aircraft used, operated, or employed in interstate, overseas, or foreign air commerce;
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both. There is jurisdiction over an offense under this subsection if a national of the United States was on board, or would have been on board, the aircraft; an offender is a national of the United States; or an offender is afterwards found in the United States. For purposes of this subsection, the term “national of the United States” has the meaning prescribed in section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
There was a guy named Frank Frakes who made a pretty good living crashing airplanes at fairs and such, back in the ‘30s. A person probably couldn’t do it today.