A YouTuber who posted a video of himself intentionally crashing his small airplane has been jailed for six months.
Trevor Daniel Jacob, 30, a pilot from Lompoc, California, was convicted for obstructing a federal investigation by destroying the wreckage after the crash, the US Justice Department stated.
Jacob had pleaded responsible in June to 1 depend of destruction and concealment with the intent to hinder a federal investigation.
The skilled pilot and skydiver uploaded the video titled “I Crashed My Airplane” a month after the stunt in 2021, which stays on YouTube with greater than 4 million views.
Jacob took off from an airport in Lompoc on a solo flight in a Taylorcraft BL-65 purportedly destined for Mammoth Lakes, California.
However, after flying for 35 minutes he jumped out of the airplane whereas flying over a forest and filmed himself parachuting to the bottom.
He additionally captured the airplane plummeting together with his digital camera and others mounted on the plane’s wing and tail.
After he landed, Jacob went to the crash web site and recovered footage from the onboard cameras, the US authorities stated.
According to the plea settlement, Jacob had a sponsorship deal to advertise an organization’s product in a video he would put up, and he by no means supposed to finish the flight that day.
The Justice Department stated Jacob later advised investigators in regards to the crash and was advised he was chargeable for preserving the wreckage.
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When requested in regards to the location, Jacob lied – saying he didn’t know the location, the division stated.
On 10 December 2021, Jacob and a pal flew to the location in a helicopter which lifted the wreckage and flew it to a trailer hooked up to his truck, the plea settlement stated.
The stays have been later reduce up and its components have been disposed of in bins.
The Federal Aviation Administration revoked Jacob’s pilot licence in April 2022, saying he “demonstrated a lack of care, judgment and responsibility”.
A video has since appeared on Jacob’s YouTube channel the place he claims he obtained his licence again.
Source: information.sky.com”