Fraud Pilot’s Hilariously Botched Attempt at Faking Disappearance!
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- Narrative:
The pilot filed a flight plan from his home airport to an airport about 1 mile from the Gulf of Mexico. During the flight, the pilot reported to air traffic control that he was encountering moderate to severe turbulence and, later, that the windshield was "cracking." After reporting the loss of the airplane's door, the pilot advised that the windshield "has gone." The pilot later transmitted that the airplane's flight controls were locked, that he was bleeding profusely, and that he was "graying out." The pilot further advised that he intended to "point the aircraft at the gulf," and he then parachuted from the airplane without advising air traffic control. As the airplane continued toward the Gulf of Mexico, air traffic controllers continued attempts to assist the pilot, with no response. The airplane eventually impacted wooded terrain, under power, about 18 nautical miles north of the Gulf of Mexico and about 100 yards from a residential area. An examination of the wreckage revealed no preimpact failures or malfunctions, that the door was still attached to the airframe, and that the windshield was undamaged and secured in its frame. A law enforcement investigation subsequently determined that the pilot, who was facing legal problems, intentionally parachuted from the aircraft near where he had previously stashed a motorcycle.
The pilot was apprehended and subsequently plead guilty to federal criminal charges.
Probable Cause: The pilot's intentional inflight abandonment of the airplane. 
Date: Sunday 11 January 2009
Time: 21:16
Piper PA-46-500TP Malibu Meridian
Owner/operator: Private
Registration: N428DC
MSN: 4697124
Year of manufacture: 2002
Engine model: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42A
Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities: 0
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category: Accident
Location: East Milton, Florida - United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature: Private
Departure airport: Anderson, IN (AID)
Destination airport: Destin, FL (DTS)
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And yet somehow this does not disqualify him from a pilot's license for the rest of his life as we've seen with Trevor Jacob.
The entire window thing didn't help him at all. If he wanted to parachute out then just parachute out. It was like "I will give them a recording of me lying and committing the crime".
This is a stupid cake with dumb frosting. That was the last lie for this guy.
Poor little Piper.
Wow what a tool I hope they throw the book at him for this it brings down the entire industry
And I do have my PPLC. and in college for aviation science
D.B coopers distant cousin
Yep, the D.B. stands for "Douche Bag"
At least DB Cooper was cool, this is more like some Trevor Jacob level cringe🤣
Quite a brilliant plan. He should have loosened the door pre-flight so he could easily yank it off, after smashing the windscreen.
I'm guessing he thought the plane was going to make it to the gulf and they wouldn't be able to find 'the lack of a body'. As executed it was a pretty stupid plan
All that terrible acting he is doing, sounds more like he is playing with his peterwood johnson instead of being in distress. To top that off the lies kept getting more ridiculous. The controls are locked, my vaccum pump went out im partial panel, my hades altimeter isnt work. Just making it up as he went.
6:27 GD he’s gonna crash