{"id":20042,"date":"2022-04-22T12:55:17","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T07:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=20042"},"modified":"2022-04-22T12:55:20","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T07:25:20","slug":"youtuber-intentionally-crashed-his-plane-so-he-could-record-a-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/22\/youtuber-intentionally-crashed-his-plane-so-he-could-record-a-video\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTuber Intentionally Crashed His Plane So He Could Record A Video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The <strong>US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) <\/strong>has revoked YouTuber and former Olympian Trevor Jacob&#8217;s private pilot certificate after deciding that he <strong>purposefully crashed his plane for a video.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Mr Jacob was under <strong>investigation<\/strong> after he was accused of arranging a plane crash in December 2021 in order to create a film for social media views.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/03dyWN5ALbpUZx1190U4x0q-1.fit_scale.size_1028x578.v1650555934-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"FAA has revoked YouTuber Jacob's private pilot certificate after deciding that he purposefully crashed his plane for a video.\" class=\"wp-image-20043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/03dyWN5ALbpUZx1190U4x0q-1.fit_scale.size_1028x578.v1650555934-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/03dyWN5ALbpUZx1190U4x0q-1.fit_scale.size_1028x578.v1650555934-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/03dyWN5ALbpUZx1190U4x0q-1.fit_scale.size_1028x578.v1650555934-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/03dyWN5ALbpUZx1190U4x0q-1.fit_scale.size_1028x578.v1650555934-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/03dyWN5ALbpUZx1190U4x0q-1.fit_scale.size_1028x578.v1650555934-750x422.jpg 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/03dyWN5ALbpUZx1190U4x0q-1.fit_scale.size_1028x578.v1650555934.jpg 1028w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> Mr Jacob may be seen parachuting out of a civilian plane that he claims malfunctioned while flying over the Los Padres National Forest in California in the video <strong>&#8220;I Crashed My Plane.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Aviation enthusiasts questioned whether the <strong>crash was a genuine accident <\/strong>after seeing the video. <\/p><p>The FAA agreed that Mr Jacob&#8217;s donning a parachute was unusual in the first place.  <\/p><p>&#8220;<strong>During this trip, you opened the left side pilot door before you stated the engine had failed,&#8221;<\/strong> the aviation agency wrote in a letter to the former Olympian.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"I Crashed My Airplane\" width=\"729\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vbYszLNZxhM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Jacob also made no attempt to contact <strong>air traffic control on the emergency frequency, <\/strong>restart the engine, or look for a location to land, despite the fact that there were many areas within gliding range where he could have made a safe landing, according to the police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>The YouTuber &#8220;recovered and then disposed of the wreckage&#8221; after the crash, according to the FAA.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-center\">Mr Jacob \"violated federal aviation standards by flying his single-engine plane in a negligent or reckless manner, endangering the lives or property of others.\" \n\n\"By jumping out of an aeroplane just to record the <strong>accident footage, you displayed a lack of care, judgement, and accountability,\"<\/strong> the FAA wrote in its letter.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/trent-jacob-plane-crash-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/trent-jacob-plane-crash-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/trent-jacob-plane-crash-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/trent-jacob-plane-crash-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/trent-jacob-plane-crash-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/trent-jacob-plane-crash-750x422.png 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/trent-jacob-plane-crash-1140x641.png 1140w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/trent-jacob-plane-crash.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, <strong>Jacob&#8217;s private pilot certificate <\/strong>has apparently been cancelled by the <a href=\"http:\/\/FAA.co.in\">FAA<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> His authorization to operate any aircraft was also revoked, and he was cautioned that if he <strong>did not comply <\/strong>with the order, he could face further legal action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned and updated with Aviationa2z.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FAA has revoked YouTuber Jacob&#8217;s private pilot certificate after deciding that he purposefully crashed his plane for a video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6761],"tags":[316,4743,5771,212,5770,5772,5769],"class_list":{"0":"post-20042","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-faa","9":"tag-federal-aviation-administration-faa","10":"tag-parachuting","11":"tag-plane-crash","12":"tag-plane-crashed-intentionally","13":"tag-trevor-jacob","14":"tag-youtuber"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20042"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20046,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20042\/revisions\/20046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}