YouTuber Trevor Jacob crashed plane as publicity stunt, FAA saysBy Patrick Reilly
April 23, 2022
A daredevil YouTuber abandoned his plane mid-flight and parachuted to safety last year as a publicity stunt — pretending that it was all a terrifying accident for a few million views, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
Trevor Jacob uploaded what he purported to be a death-defying parachute escape from his airplane before it crashed in the Los Padres National Forest in California when the propeller allegedly stopped working during a flight on Nov. 24.
On April 11, the FAA told Jacob he is banned from flying for operating the single-engine aircraft in a “careless or reckless manner so as to endanger the life or property of another,” according to a letter obtained by The New York Times.
“You demonstrated a lack of care, judgment and responsibility by choosing to jump out of an aircraft solely so you could record the footage of the crash,” the agency said. “Your egregious and intentional actions on these dates indicate that you presently lack the degree of care, judgment and responsibility required of a certificate holder.”
Jacob, a former Olympic snowboarder, said in a video update to his over 134,000 subscribers that he would not address the controversy, “per my attorney.” It was his first video uploaded since the plane crash video.
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https://nypost.com/2022/04/23/youtuber-trevor-jacob-crashed-plane-as-publicity-stunt-faa/
