Trevor Jacob, an acquaintance youtuber that produces extreme videos, you will lose your pilot’s license after being accused of crash his plane on purpose. Jacob posted on his YouTube channel a video titled “I crashed my plane” where he flies aboard a 1940 Taylorcraft BC-12 over the Los Padres National Forest in California. After a few minutes of flight, the airship presumably fails and Jacob opens the door to jump out using a parachute. The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) believes that the crash was planned. According to the FAA, the youtuber violated federal aviation regulations and endangered the lives of others after recklessly operating his aircraft.
You demonstrated a lack of care, judgment, and responsibility by choosing to jump out of an airplane solely so you could record footage of the accident. Your egregious and intentional actions on these dates indicate that you currently lack the degree of care, judgment, and responsibility required of a certificate holder.
According to New York Timesthe federal authority pilot’s license revoked de Jacob and if he refuses to deliver it, he will be fined 1,500 euros for each day that passes. The FAA considered several situations when analyzing the video. First off, Jacob does not ask for help from a control center using the emergency frequency. Nor does he do his best to restart the engine or look for a place to land safely.
The youtuber he just opens the door and jumps into the void, but not before documenting the crash with his selfie stick and a pair of cameras strategically placed on the aircraft.
Crashing a plane for the ‘likes’ is absurd, although the youtuber says it was not planned
Jacob’s actions not only raise questions among the FAA, but also among other pilots and the audience. The content of his channel focuses on extreme videos, nothing serious if we consider that the youtuber He competed at the X-Games and the 2014 Winter Olympics in snowboarding.
What makes noise, apart from its poor performance when flying, is that Jacob wears a parachute all the time. According to Robert Perry, a California flight instructor, go up with a parachute to a plane as small as the Taylorcraft Has no sense. There is no room to maneuver and you would have to remove the seat cushions to be able to move.
Perry also indicates that those aircraft can be safely landed in the event of a failure. The Taylorcraft had enough height to slide to a flat area and land without serious injury to the pilot. The fact that the youtuber will jump without trying to recover the plane it also prompted questions from the FAA and experts.
Timothy Loranger, aviation attorney, said not Jacob did not restart the engine or contact air traffic control, two actions that a pilot would have carried out in that situation. The FAA claimed that Trevor Jacob opened the driver’s door on the left side before stating that the engine had failed.
The video accumulates 1,775,500 views on YouTube and although the “Dislikes” count is no longer visible, an extension confirms that 117,000 users do not like it. According to the report, the flight took place on November 24, 2021 and on April 11, the FAA sent a letter to the youtuber to communicate your decision.
Although the youtuber has not issued a statement, it is a fact that he will lose his pilot’s license for this action.