You make several assumptions here that are probably incorrect.

First of all, it seems from recent history that piston-prop planes like
the one this guy was flying generally do not kill all that many. In most
cases, the only fatalities are the people in the plane, and sometimes
even the people in the plane survive.

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/bre...p-125879c.html
http://www.sptimes.com/2002/09/02/Ta...ane_cras.shtml
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/monte...ws/7492384.htm

Second of all, your use of the term "spun out of control" is an
automobile term. When a plane gets into a spin, there are specific
techniques that can be used to regain control.

Third of all, hindsight is 20/20. The plain reality is that it is foolish
to believe that the military would shoot down a single engine plane just
because the plane went into Class B (not even restricted, just requires
clearance) airspace without a clearance. It would be like firing Mortars
at a drunk driver who accidentally went up a one-way street the wrong
way. And I have even done that when I wasn't drunk!

The only thing to fear is fear itself.

"Royce Brown" wrote in
news:fc.003d093b01c589e23b9aca00bb6b3d27.1c589ef@a mugonline.org:

Roger Halstead writes:
Can you imagine the damage on the ground caused by an F-16 or 15
shooting down a low flying small plane over a populated area?
That would be a disaster no amount of spin could change. The public
outcry could easily cripple valid air patrols.

I tend to agree but what about the damage if the drunk pilot had spun
out of control and plowed into a building killing many yet the military
did nothing? Can go both ways.