Trevor Jacob Fake the Crash? What the FAA Might Look For- TakingOff
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- Опубликовано: 4 янв 2022
- (Please Subscribe!) UPDATE HERE with an Aviation Attorney: • Does Trevor Jacob Need... Right before Christmas, Trevor Jacob released a video entitled “I Crashed my Plane” in which he claimed engine trouble while over the Las Padres mountains near the Los Angeles basin. Which was fine, because he was wearing a sport parachute. In the days since, Trevor has turned off comments on the video as the aviation community overwhelming are calling this a stunt Trevor pulled to garner views and attention.
The FAA has confirmed an investigation is underway, and we’ve done some of our own investigation and have some new information-like who really owned the plane.
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the main thing about this case is, you never see him go through any engine restart procedures, he just bails, despite being at a more than manageable cruising altitude
Yeah, I’m surprised this guy didn’t mention that, seems like a big point
He doesn’t have to, just like cirrus pilots you use the chute. Still think it was staged though. Almost like he was ready for the moment
I mean, that creek bed down below the crash site looked pretty nice to me.
@@DaedalusLegacy didn’t catch that thank you
@@mattk8810 you’re only going to use the cirrus CAPS chute during engine failures between 600, and 2,000 feet AGL. Above 2,000 feet you should still try to restart the engine.
he really picked the worst community to try and fool, everything is being analysed in great detail, it's not looking good for trevor.
Best comment in my opinion, among all the "pranks" he could have done, he did the one among the most "scientific" and fact-based community ... *palmface*
@@PaddleTheDoctor thanks dude, yeah people are digging into flight records and data all over the place, some are even simulating the position he was in and easily finding safe places to land, he's screwed. Check out trevor's older flying videos if you haven't, the comments are hilarious, peace.
@@TheGreg6466 im jumping on Microsoft flight simulator to test it out
Well said.
probably would have been easier to get aweay with murder.
I clicked on "I Crashed My Plane" and as soon as I saw him wearing his Mirage rig I laughed out loud so hard and said out loud: "omg this guy crashed a plane for views, what a piece of shit!!"
Please add "allegedly".. You're probably right, but I'd hate to see you get sued by that piece of shit.
@@theophrastus3.056 Well u.I'm pretty sure he can tell himself anything he wants outloud,and it's just an opinion.
@@jasonbourne1596 As an opinion, true. (I'm just looking out for Ben.) The case isn't settled yet, and my opinion is also that it appears deliberate.
Narcissistic personality probably drives him to that 😊
As a pilot, even if I were wearing a chute, I would never leave an aircraft in flight unless it were on fire, breaking up or if a rattlesnake suddenly slithered over my shoulder. A gliding, pilot-less aircraft is a danger to other craft and those on the ground. What if the crashing plane had started a fire on the ground in the very dry Los Padres NF? It is pretty obvious that he did this for publicity. Hope the feds pull his ticket….
They will. It was a stunt. Plain and simple. Glide it. End of. Don’t take multi cameras up with parashoot. Sad story all around.
Yeah I cant help but to wonder how many people would have been in harm's way if while gliding down the mixture spring opened it back up just enought to restart the engine. This guys a tool. Reckless. I love the step; the only part of the plane that could cause a problem jumping out was removed prior. Also the engine stops and the first thing he does is open the door? Iv had an engine failure in a plane. Opening the door And looking strait never crossed my mind. Funny that.
That's a good point about causing a fire. California hasn't exactly been fireproof lately. Willingly creating a situation where an explosion is possible is nuts.
Spider or spiders are also an acceptable reason to set the plane on fire and bail!
I've had with the *misbegotten* snakes on this *misbegotten* plane!
I am a retired pilot (military and civilian) who has personal knowledge of a similar situation that occurred in the 80's. A former military instructor pilot was fiddling with the engines on Army helicopters with the apparent hope that the engine would fail in flight and that he would save the day by making an autorotative landing and then be given the Army's "Broken Wing" award. He went to jail instead. What I'm hinting at is that this wouldn't be the first time a stunt like this has been pulled.
Interesting
He sounds like a total...
I remember that! Happened around the time I went through Army Flight school or just after. Class 92-11 (edit- just re-read your time frame of 80's. Maybe it happened again or I just learned of it while in flight school... seems time fades my memories. Either way, it did happen at least once and wasn't funny then and isn't funny now.)
@Xi Jinping Kinda like China released a virus
@@kenthomas4668 I'm more worried about those sworn to defend us than the Ol' Red China. So was George Washington!
The fact he is trying to look cool while falling through the air with his selfie stick is all I need to see to know it's a hoax
this 100%. the rest of the evidence is just icing on the cake.
"OMG I'm gonna die! Better get my selfie stick."
Yup! It's only too bad his chute functioned properly.
Yep, it looks pretty obviously staged to almost everyone... but what will the FAA do about it if he has deleted all the footage that proves it beyond doubt?
I hope they throw the book at him in the biggest possible way.
@@paulhope3401 Ive read some things in these comments from people who ostensibly know more about the legality than I do, but my takeaway was that the FAA doesnt have to prove anything, it just makes a ruling. that would be a civil suit coming from the FAA though, the state or federal government has to file a criminal suit against him in order from him to really do time. I could be wrong but thats what some others seem to be saying.
I'm not in any way a pilot, but I am very impressed with the thoroughness, diligence and integrity that the aviation community has demonstrated in the aftermath of this debacle.
I've had 3 engine outs. Never once thought about ditching. This guy is a self- miss guided tool.
@@markmiranda3364 Because a successful engine out landing doesn't get you over a million views.. They pulled his ticket, and thank goodness. Not only did he pull a stunt like this, he knew it was wrong because he lied to try and hide it
enough about you, Mark Ayers. Your jealousy has been duly-noted. Long live Trevor Jacob, the man who brought a smile to our faces during the darkest period of our lives (i.e., the pandemic of 2020).
@@glen7016 lol uh. What?? You cannot be serious 😂😂
@@granthoover9045 I would invite you to spend some time in a COVID ward sometime. Yes, this little stunt, no matter how stupid it was, put a smile on my face while recovering in the hospital. No amount of convincing will change my position.
@@glen7016 …he could have potentially killed many, many people with his “stunt”
My niece once built a scaffold out of a chair and a stool in order to reach the cookies on the top shelf of the pantry. She left the furniture in place and the cookie package open after eating a cookie. When questioned she said the dog must have done it. I think her story was probably more plausible than this being an accident.
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3 mo later….the FAA agrees with your assessment.
I gotta say…I believe her. If this is an accident, then who’s to say a dog couldn’t build a Rube Goldberg machine to get a treat?
I'd like to hear the dog's side of the story before passing judgment. If he can do all that, he can certainly talk. Or at least "pant-omime".
@@darenmiller2218 Well I've seen a video where he dig saves a little boy then fishes the ball his sister threw in the fountain with a net, now if that video is true, you can believe anything.
I'm a CFI flying for 27 years and this stinks to high hell. (duh?) But the thing that capped it for me was him filming with a selfie stick in free fall. That was so overt, so obviously intentional (who the hell would bail out in a REAL emergency and film themselves on the way down?) that it should embarrass him to think anybody would believe his bullshit story. I suspect once the NTSB and/or FAA are done with him he'll see a certificate action; very possibly an emergency suspension or revocation.
It wasnt even the filming for me. Nobody bails from a plane that still has wings, and is not on fire.
I would be surprised to not see criminal charges filed against him.
@@zacharyw4628 Possible jurisdictions: Ventura County, State of California, and . . . . Los Padres NATIONAL Forest? That’s federal charges. National Forests are federal lands, overseen by the Department of the Interior.
@@keatonhatch6213 I remember seeing a video at one point where someone had a parachute with them at all times and they didn't even think about it when they had an engine failure. They put it off the coast instead of endangering people and had the coast guard come rescue them. This guy seems desperate for his chance at getting big and didn't use his head.
What confuses me is why the hell he got the FAA/NTSB involved at all? If he was just clout chasing wanting to go viral, why did he put himself in the sights of the authorities? If he had arranged the stunt properly (got permission to crash on private property, made the FAA aware that the stunt was happening etc) it would've been a viral hit just the same and with none of the consequence.
Like the comment above me says, it stinks of desperation for attention, he doesn't just want to go viral, he needs everyone to believe that he nearly died. The rest of the video is just him clutching at straws trying to extract every last ounce of sympathy and concern from the viewer, and indeed in a lot of his previous content you can see he has this need to be exaggerate and hyperbolise the ordeals he goes through. It speaks to an almost psychotic level of narcissism, to the point that he needs to manufacture danger to stroke his ego
I am a former banner pilot with 10,000 + hrs in Citabrias and Super Cubs, never wore a parachute, had several in air incidents and never once thought of any reason to not glide the plane to a safe landing. There are so many obvious red flags, the near full fuel tank, the dangling wing tank fuel line, the sky diver chute and altimeter, the selfie stick and camera, not choosing to land instead of jumping, hiking back to the crash site instead of hiking to safety. In another video of the crash he had what appeared to be a fire extinguisher attached to his leg under his pants, why didn’t he show video from the cameras inside the plane that would have shown the instrument panel. I call this “crash” BS for clicks!
Agree, he stalled to stop the prop, never tried a restart, never looked for a landing spot although his video showed the plane (J4 Cub) gliding over a dry creek bed that he cold have landed on. I call BS!
I am with you but perhaps you should look in this string of comments for a "carlos"as he greatly defends Trevor pilot skills and thinks abandoning a plain in flight is perfectly acceptable
Everything else looks very incriminating but you can't conclude anything from the lack of footage from that one camera. Maybe he just didn't like any of that footage so didn't include it in the final edit. Maybe the camera failed or the memory card filled up. Maybe that camera was badly damaged in the crash and he couldn't recover the footage.
@@beeble2003 look at the basics.
The basics of a pilots training is not to abandon the plane as first thing. Its like the last thing pilots are suppose to do. Its a wandering missle unmanned. Secondly there is premeditated actions because pilots I know never wear a parachute. Especially this type of aircraft. And even in his own videos you look he does not have a parachute. Thirdly no pilots I know or met have fire extinguisher taped to their legs under their pant legs. This screams premeditated event planning. Someone else noted engine changes in the plane from a comparison of photos. All and all this prank was reckless and shines a very bad light on anyone that is a pilot or trying to become a pilot. It was calculated by other pilots that his elevation and his type of aircraft had ample ability to glide to a much safer landing for the plane and for him. The fact this guy basically left a vehicle non piloted and jumped showed no regard to his training as a pilot because you are NOT suppose to do that, and anyone else that could of been a victim of this crash. Pilot training is to carry the plane to the ground with least damage to anyone. Think of it this way, perhaps major airlines should make their pilots fly with parachute to their back and fire extinguisher taped to their legs and if there is anything wrong with the plane they just jump out and parachute to safety while the plane flies by itself and crashes into a moutain a building or perhaps the ocean with no regard to what damage the plane itself can cause or the people on board. Think about that. Would you want to board a plane knowing the pilots are wearing parachute and fire extinguisher for their safety in the situation they have to jump from their plane?
I dont think I would board that plane and most people with any common sense would not board that plane. I do not want to be anywhere this so called pilot is flying because of this stunt. He is unsafe. And for quite some range. So nope not interested in his so called pilot skills. Or anyone that wants to copy cat his performance. This was a stunt. And it could of put others in jeopardy. Yes it was an area that is not commonly visited by people. But there are people that visit that area. He is reckless. He has disregard for others and his training as a pilot. They train you with engine out situations so you can pick the best options. He failed his pilot instructor with this actions. He did the opposite of what pilots are suppose to do in that situation. Plus that plane was not airworthy. So why was he flying it?? The more I dig up on this guy the more angry I get.
@@paulkainer269 Why are you addressing all of that to me? My only point was that the lack of footage from one camera doesn't tell you anything, and I literally said "Everything else looks very incriminating". I'm not defending Jacob; I'm just pointing out that one specific thing claimed as evidence isn't actually evidence of anything.
On Nov 24th 2021, Trevor Jacob started a chain of events that ultimately made him the most despised character in aviation. When he stated his biggest intent with the video was to educate pilots, and then proceed to pull the wool over everyones eyes..... He instantly alienated real pilots everywhere. Come talk to me Trevor when you have decades of experience. Unfortunately that will never happen. You'll be lucky to be able to fly a paper plane after all this. One thing Trevor needs to learn is that, people love the underdog, the overdog is universally hated. Good luck showing your face at Oshkosh or Sun and Fun. You're about to find out how lonely the skies really are.
Or a prison cell.
My main issue with this crash is the duty of a pilot to minimize risk to people on the ground. A parachute is useful in GA for skydivers ONLY. If you're the pilot flying it is your duty to see to it that your aircraft makes it back on the ground with as little damage to persons or property as possible. This isn't a freak accident. Every pilot is trained to handle an engine-out. This pilot neglected that duty and should not be allowed the privilege to continue operating as PIC given his lack of decision making ability.
Fully agree. Plus his aircraft has awsome glide characteristics. Its not a brick. Landing and crashing at 40 mph into trees at the worst, versus a parachute with no protection into trees, which do you think most people with any comon sense would choose? This was a stunt. And all of the aviation community wears the dirt caused by this one individual.
@@paulkainer269 A common sense person might actually pick the parachute since you land into the trees a lot slower than 40mph, and loads of people die in small GA plane crashes suggesting crashing into trees at 40mph may not be as survivable as you think.
@@yonglow995 "landing in trees " can be rather survivable, it is one of the worst cases, but done right, near stall speed, it is not that bad, the tree tops are quite pliable and slow you down. The plane will be rather damaged though.
What is deadly is "flying" into the trees "full speed", stalling and falling like a brick is bad as well.
As someone who has never and will never have any piloting exp, and a little skydiving experience I pick the parachute all day everyday
Good comment Roger
As a certified pilot, I cringe everytime I see this video. I filed a complaint with the FAA the morning this stunt video was released. He followed NO procedures whatsoever. He acted recklessly by putting people on the ground at risk as well as a serious fire risk to an already compromised area. Watching the video multiple times, there were MANY places he could have sat that plane down. After all, the Taylor craft likely has a stall speed of 30 knots, You can literally put that plane down anywhere. From what I have heard, Trevor frantically had the plane removed from the scene and taken to an unknown location three days after the "stunt". I truly hope the FAA throws the book at this idiot.
guy claimed he always wears a parachute. in almost every single vid thats simply not true. thats honestly enough for me lol.
Amen! Imagine if there were people paragliding in the area..other aircraft.. helicopters you name it. He risked so many lives not to mention the fire risk. He should be in jail for reckless endangerment right now. He damn sure should NEVER touch an aircraft again
💯 agreed. I saw another video of someone covering this, the Taylor craft indeed had a stall speed of 33 knots. He could have landed it without an engine anywhere flat enough. There were absolutely enough dry River beds and flat areas around him, heck he could have easily glided at least 5 miles. I’m not a professional but Iirc it is illegal to move a plane or any part after a crash before the FAA sees it. If he ends of getting off with no punishment I will be very very surprised.
Does the FAA use the spoliation inference? That is if you intentionally destroy evidence it is assumed the evidence was not in your favor?
lol, no harm no foul. He clearly wasn't being honest but honestly it was a wink wink all the time.
Im a class2 flight insructor I could see him intentionally tring to stop the prop. (Because a windmilling prop to a layman might look like a functional plane & less dramatic) Also He had to go back to turn the mags back on or put the mixture back on rich (or both). Because even in a crash it's rare they turn themselves off.
Amazing how many pilots have survived engine failure without a sports parachute.
I was going into Lambert field one very dark night and heard an incredible feat of aviation. A C 206 with 5 souls on board, had experienced engine failure. I was just entering a radar downwind in the pattern to land on 30R, at 10,000 ft. His initial radio call went something like,' Cessna xxxxx, we've had engine failure, and we are going down.' I turned to my First Officer and confirmed what I had just heard. Approach control was very, very professional and handled their required transmissions accordingly. Because the illumination that night was basically nil, I gave little hope for a successful outcome. Low and behold, a few minutes later we heard the 206 pilot calling us, asking if we could relay to approach that they had landed on a dirt road in the middle of an agricultural area, a farmer's field. I replied something like, 'Well done!' and relayed the fact that all occupants were safely on the ground. An amazing feat of flying and keeping your cool, to say the least.
Thats an amazing story.
But imagine how much cooler it would have looked if all five of them dawned their parachutes and landed 100 meters in front of the flaming wreckage they created by bailing out of their controllable aircraft. Especially if they all got great angles of it on their selfy sticks
Love this:) Thank u 4 sharing it
@@mikemiller5637 LMAO! I legit laughed out loud to this.
@@mikemiller5637 Pretty soon everyone will want to have their own jumping out of a plane experiencing engine failure stories & videos for the barbecue.
I love how polite and patient the aviation community has been while breaking down this incident, giving Trevor every benefit of the doubt, but each piece of the puzzle seems more damning then the last one.
👍Great analysis, and thank you for the video.
Ok there opinions of moist critical
The aviation community as far as other pilots, YES. As far as the FAA, NO. The FAA will do everything in its power to destroy your life and possibly lock you up. Their conclusion is that planes don't crash, people crash planes... I have my bachelor's in aviation as a commercial pilot, seen plenty of things the FAA does to people
Well the problem is, we have to fly with these butts ! Let's see how patient you'll be when ATC reports an unpiloted aircraft in your vicinity or worse, a 350lb Continental comes through your windscreen. You bet Im impatient. Ive been flying since I was 13 years old and I take my safety very seriously. There is no benefit of doubt here because it was a blatant, arrogant stunt period!
@@cardinaldriver it’s called lack of experience n knowledge if he’s never tried windmilling the plane are you going to attempt it n risk it not working n lossing altituide seems more like some one with more money than experience rather bail n buy a new one and not have broken legs everyone talks about landing in a emergency but negates that not every pilot is experienced enoughed to confidently do it. I think people can forget you can buy a plane n start flying with very little experience n if you learn all the emergency proceedures in a Cessna skyhawk they used in the paid classes then go out n buy a oldschool prop you can easily get this situation
@Collin Bell Its part of the job.
If you fly, you have to remain calm
Having a emotional panic attack can lead to a crash if you're flying.
The FAA revoked his license ! Hopefully this will send a message to other morons who want to do unsafe stunts with aircraft just for social-media hits.
He changed the engine from a lycoming to a continental, and painted the valve covers red - if he did it himself he violated a FAR. You argue the airplane had sufficient fuel. However, the gas is measured with a float and a stick that rises out of the tank, which the pilot views through the windshield. Jacob could have "stuck" the fuel measuring rod in the full position - in fact, it looks like it never measures anything but "full". the FAA should immediately issue an evidence preservation letter and subpoena all videos, as well as interview anybody at the airport where Jacob kept the plane.
Jeff,
These things should be done as a Bare MINIMUM.
There are a document 87 Other things that also should be done.
Just because christians think Jesus was crucified, they've outlawed crucifixion.
I say, "Nail'em to the cross !" ...
What a waste of a beautiful aircraft! Shameful. Some people crave attention so bad they'll do ANYTHING to get it, and Trevor strikes me as this type of dude. Will be interesting to see what the FAA does here. Great discussion, Dan!
I can see you didn't respect Dan's request to refrain from emotional accusations in the comments...
@@daminox im not sure who youre talking to. smitty is emotional but not accusatory and testicular is accusatory but not emotional.
Nah the guy is just crazy. He probably isn’t the best pilot and panicked. However I wouldn’t put it past him to do this for fun as a stunt. I’m sure it was fun, unnecessary, but definitely not for “attention”.
But everyone who’s saying “oh what a nice airplane such a waste” it wasn’t your airplane and you were never going to fly it or get your hands on it. So that’s a stupid argument/thing to say.
@@everythingplayfull Do you know what’s even dumber? Posting comments in the RUclips comment section thinking people give a crap about your analysis.
Never thought I’d find myself rooting for the FAA
The FAA is one of the least worst government agencies. (There aren't any "best" agencies.)
@@eclectichoosier5474 ehh really low bar you're giving them
@@fastpace101
Low bar is still there. FAA does much better than the other federal agencies because their job is safety.
@@AllCentaur I'd put NIST on par with them, for the same reason.
@@eclectichoosier5474 meh, they let a lot slide when it's a Corporation. This is the kind of case that's good for them, can go after a private citizen.
Regulatory Capture is everywhere.
I refuse to fly on Southwest after seeing the state of their aircraft and the FAA rep turning a blind eye.
There were a couple of houses within 2 1/2 - 3 miles of the impact point of the plane. If the plane had taken a slightly different path, it could have taken out one of the houses
Hey Dan, enjoy your channel. As a former pro certified jumpmaster with thousands of jumps, a (non-licensed) pilot, an action sport junky and a videographer, IMQO there is no doubt that this was a planned and reckless stunt. His quick exit with no attempt to restart and then all that time in freefall while videoing were the key tells for me. The other things (extinguishers, etc) were icing on the cake. I've been forced to jump from several planes due to emergency situations such as engine outs, engine fires and premature deployments, and there is nothing relaxed about it. The fact that he spotted (at 1:28 in your video) - spotting is where you look out your door straight down to be sure you are over your landing zone, then burned through precious altitude in freefall, altitude he (as you pointed out) would have wanted to find a safe place to land, were obvious clues. Also, in general a sport parachute rig is very different from a pilot rig (more like a BASE rig) and he was clearly wearing a sport rig. And while he could have certainly been using a sport rig as is bailout rig, they suck to fly in and If he "always wears a parachute now", he would have likely spent a little money and gotten a more comfortable, safer, task specific rig. It was 100% BS! and (again, IMO) he should be brought up on charges. Good to see the FAA involved and happy to see my tax dollars at work.
What amazes me is that he opened his door before the engine even failed....
DING DING DING DING DING! Guy must be a psychic! Or, y'know, something.
I cant even fathom intentionally destroying such a beautiful vintage plane. It breaks my heart seeing it wrecked like that
My thoughts exactly, it's not like he chose a "two-a-penny" modern aircraft that has less of a fan base for, no he went straight in for a piece of aviation history to destroy forever. He's not bright, that's for sure.
@@restojon1 utter insanity
My thoughts as well. Pre war B models are some of the nicest t-crates built. Not to mention some of the most rare. I'm really saddened that this guy's chute opened.
Narcissism knows no bounds.
Right. It made it 80 plus years without some idiot running it into the ground for internet clout
What bothers me so much about this is how many people that have died, been injured and the families impacted from actually emergencies that he was trying to portray. This is just so disgusting.
I like your attitude and delivery, it doesn’t hurt that I also enjoy aviation content. Subscribed.
I'm not an FAA ASI, but I am a CFI/CFII and a FAASTeam Rep who has been tasked by the FAA with providing pilot remediation training. Everything about this video casts a negative light on his story. Wrong type of parachute, immediately pitching for stall buffet as opposed to best glide airspeed, door already cracked open when the engine quits, zero attempt to go through his engine failure checklist, no attempt to make a mayday call while he still had time, obvious priority of cinematography as opposed to pilot responsibilities...If I were a betting man, I know where my money would be.
Hope they ban this dude from flying.!!!! Like forever.
I'm not an FAA ASI either, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, and I concur with your assessment.
@Kabuki Kitsune In the video they show that the indicator shows plenty fuel. If it works properly. Also if he planned to go bingo fuel that would be easily detected by FAA by checking the fuel station he used.
@Kabuki Kitsune that doesn't hold water either. The fuel "guage" on that aircraft is basically a cork with what looks like an antenna sticking out of the cowl in front of the pilots windscreen. In the video it can be seen indicating a full tank (or nearly so).
What would the punishment for something like this be? Just curious. I imagine probably at least one felony. Any idea?
The RUclips pilot community is way too charitable to this guy. I'm not a pilot, but I really enjoy watching pilot content for some reason, and it feels incredibly obvious to me that this is a publicity stunt or an attempt to grow his RUclips channel to get better sponsorships.
It blows my mind that all of these pilots are being so extremely charitable to him and not wanting to outright say that it's fake when all signs seem to point to that.
I mean, even this guy made a joke: "alleged... *laughs* alleged."
No one's buying it, they're just trying to present the facts without overly polluting the facts with their opinion of what happened.
Have to wait for an investigation, and examine his claims. He was the only witness present. I don't believe a word of his story. A lot of people are pretty riled up about it.
Dude, saying someone commited a crime that is not proven, is a crime in of itself. We are not the FAA, or police, we can't say he commited a crime, we can only speculate, hence the "alledgedly"
@@ArraisLF ok, cool! Are you done?
Two reasons 1) they have to wait for official investigation results 2) they are focused on the facts as known , speculation can be wrong and could end with a lot of them getting sued for mistakes ( Americans after all )
Excellent coverage. As a retired federal agent and flying enthusiast it appears to me that your video was done exactly as you mentioned in your preface as an NTSB investigator would cover it. Aside from a whole lot of mitigating circumstances I prefer to remain objective and cover all leads and inspect the evidence, Thank you.
First time watching a plane analysis video. Incredibly well done. Subscribed!
In my years leading up to ATPL I haven't heard of one aircraft demanding pulling the yoke to archive best glide. You just don't bring a plane close to a stall if you want to recover it from an engine "failure". This short sequence of his video alone shows that his intentions never been recovering the plane since it goes against all you learn in flight school. Poor little aircraft, what a waste!
In simulated failures I've had to pull to slow it to glide, but it's just a bit and its *after* my decent, looks nothing like the multiple yanking he was doing. He was probably just trying to stop the little engine that wanted to keep going!!! I agree what a waste. :(
@@Poop-nu1so Like you said, in simulated failures! I don't see him in a nosedive picking up speed when he is yanking like a loony. The little adjustments you have to do to find minimum drag / best glide are far off what he displayed there! I did a lot of engine off scenarios in a small C152 and never had to pull like that to get to best glide. It looked more like "Come one babe! Stall for me!" But yes, I should've said... "...pulling the yoke like this"! ;)
Yes as someone that is digging through building an aircraft I agree with you a waste of an airplane. I am very angry at this. His parachute landing in trees is more of a hazard than crash landing the plane with a glide of 40 mph would of been safer for him in reality. I dont live in the states and I dont live close to this individual which is probably a good thing. As far as I am concerned it is a stunt to improve you tube views and it will be at the cost of everyone in the aviation community. Face to face I think I would loose my self control in his presence. Building an aircraft is a lot of work. Sacrificing a plane for a you tube stunt and causing the aircraft community a stain because of his actions... deplorable
I was taught in engine failure do ABC; Airspeed, Best place to land, Checklists (in that order)
The A part was pulling the yoke to gain altitude and slow down to best glide
@@thebenberman Not much altitude to gain in case of an engine failure in a light aircraft, right? Won't take long to bleed that excess speed anyway. I collected a lot of hours in a C152 because it was cheap and fun. It gives this go-cart feel! ;) When you killed the engine, the speed was gone immediately like someone stepped on the break and i had to trim the nose down to maintain best glide. What small aircraft are you referring to where you can gain useful altitude while bleeding off airspeed? In bigger planes with more mass, specially jets you can generate some useful altitude if actual airspeed and VG are far appart and you don't have a prop acting like a speed break, absolutely. But even there you won't yank on the yoke like a madman!?
Oh come on. Every pilot intentionally bails out of their plane once in a while. I'm pretty sure it's on the "intentional engine off" checklist for all aircraft.
"intentional engine off" hahhaha
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ABC
Airspeed
Bail out
Check Go pro footage
Pls don’t use this on your Checkride
@@lDrFuManchul 🤣🤣
Insurance job plus theatrics
Very sad that a perfectly intact classic plane was lost. You can see the engine windmill before impact, if the ignition was switched back on it would have started right up. You can see him needing to slow down near stall to stop the engine windmill. Took him about 5 tries. In an real emergency you would check ignition and fuel settings and try restart. He checked if the gopro was recording instead, I suggest. Also plenty of altitude to glide to landing field.
The insanity.... but if any deserved attention has come to anyone, it this channel! Sad it took an event like this, but I'm glad to see how much attention to your channel this video has brought
Thanks Logan.
Ah, the almost famous. This guy has rubbed elbows with a lot of rich and famous extreme sports stars. He wants that lifestyle but he’s too goofy to do it on personality and not quite skilled enough to stand out from the herd. This is what desperation looks like.
@Taking Off - As a former aircraft(s) owner and Private pilot I think the FAA should approach this as top priority, and with guns blazing. Why? Because Pandora's Box has been ripped wide open with this stunt. I believe there will inevitably be other reckless RUclips content creators who will be tempted to copycat, if not 'one up' this stunt. IMO the FAA really needs to get to the bottom of this, and fast.
Regards from Thailand!
I hope so! Thanks for watching.
@@TakingOff something very similar happened in cali a few years back, also intentional. they went into the water. what people do for views.
Yeah the Lesh incident.
@@TakingOff I have seen many comments internationally about this... I think the "don't give him the attention" theory is NOT applicable here...
My concern is the long, slow FAA process...
@@techsolutions8237 Exactly.
You were spot on with consequences coming a year later! Great video. Very interesting stuff.
I feel sad for the friends of the person he was spreading the ashes of. Such a pity he had this person along just to be entangled with this offense. Now, it will be hard to rest in peace.
Those weren't cremation ashes. Typically they'd be about 6 pounds of fine, grey ash - not half a handful of white crystals.
Fantastic analysis, Dan!! Really comprehensive and you touched on many points I didn't even consider. Awesome video!
Thanks Josh.
love both of you guys!!!
@@TakingOff Excellent video! Though, I also feel as though you’re giving the man ideas on how to cover his own ass. 🤣 There are some points in the video that could be useful for him to know about and change certain things. If I were him, I’d probably be watching all of these analysis videos about me. Which is how I’d learn to do things like delete all of my footage from other flights that were used to make RUclips videos. 🤔 Of course, I know the FAA isn’t full of morons. They’d definitely ask why he deleted footage of such a significant event.
Can't he just use the excuse that "I panicked" and the cute was by chance?
There's too many ways around the law with just the wording.
I'm uber sorry if I just helped his case as I too think he should face some sort of justice.
@@shawnbell3468 Just based on merit alone, he seems too experienced to make such a rookie mistake. Most of us in the aviation industry would know to attempt troubleshooting procedures before just scrapping his entire aircraft.
Based on actions, his behavior was very suspicious. If you jump out of your aircraft in an emergency situation, you’re definitely not going to go straight to the crash site to collect the cameras so you can take them home, edit the footage, and post the video online.
About the "wrong chute" thing, it should also be mentioned that the rescue/emergency chute normally worn by pilots is 99.9% of the time of a type that uses a big spring to deploy the pilot chute, causing a much faster deployment of the main canopy once the ripcord is pulled, either by the handle or in some cases by a static line connected to the aircraft. Because of this they can be used at much lower altitudes than a standard skydiving rig, which is more built for a comfortable deployment from terminal velocity.
I fly gliders in western Europe (NL and DE mostly) and here in glider flying wearing a parachute is much more common. Keep in mind that simply by the nature of glider flight we get a lot more "proximity" flying compared to motor planes and it's not unusual to be flying with 4 or more gliders under the same cloud. Mid-air collisions have happened unfortunately. And not having an engine means that sometimes the safest way down is under a canopy. However, even when flying with a chute, that is an option you should only ever use if there's no other way. You can get injured on trying to land a damaged plane, but you could just as easily get injured trying to land under a parachute.
You are correct about the chutes. I jump myself.
The pilot chutes (funny name not related to actual pilot) are spring loaded. When you pull the cord, the sealed lead seal is removed from the pack and the spring is located in the pilot chute. It is usually located inside a free bag which is the outer bag containing the parachute.
This was a full ass rig. This dude prepped for this because full rigs ARE EXTREMELY UNCOMFORTABLE. They’re chill to wear to jump, but to fly with one on. First off that’s insane. Your pin is exposed to rubbing by sitting against the seat.
This dude needs some time. Like jail time. Nothing crazy. Not 10 years I mean fuck we die real quick right? Give him a 2 month sentence. It’s still 60 fucking days
And you should maintain positive control of your moving aerial vehicle to ensure your pilotless plane doesn’t kill people on the ground. It’s the Captain of the Ship ideology. You are the PiC so you have to stick with this plane until you can ensure it won’t kill anyone and in most cases you can’t guarantee that.
In the case of a static line, a spring isn't needed. The parachute is housed in a bag attached to the line attached to the aircraft (hence, "static line") so that when the jumper... err, jumps (hence, "jumper"), the parachute deploys immediately.
Great comment. I have zero knowledge of planes, skydiving or parachutes but speaking of landing a damaged plane - LADbible has an interesting video on that. An interview with a guy whose plane caught fire not long after taking off and had to try to land the plane safely in a field while being engulfed in fuel and flames. He jumped out at like 20 feet or something and the plane crashed and exploded. The guy was extremely fortunate to survive that shit and not hurt anyone or anything else in the process, and still be able to walk and talk about it and continue on. He needed a fair amount of skin grafts but that could've turned out much worse. Anyway, its a great video whoever may be interested in the subject. Recommend.
This crash was obviously intentional. But to be fair you can jump out low with a skydive rig. The procedure is to jump out using your reserve, not your main. The reserve is spring loaded and opens just as fast as those emergency chutes pilots normally wear.
This analysis is spot on... When I originally watched the video (without seeing any other people saying it was fake), I remember thinking, "This is real?.." Felt completely staged to me... What finally convinced me was when he jumped out of the plane and didn't pull his parachute until late... Curious to why. Also using the selfie stick while jumping out? You're in a life or death situation, yet you have your selfie stick in good form? 🤔
This hurts me as someone who wants to learn to fly after the military.
I like the "subtlety of what if he violated this or this" I am glad you made this video. I agree 100% with your assessment at the end.
To me, the most damning evidence is that after he landed, without food or water in an emergency situation, he hiked through mountainous terrain CARRYING HIS PARACHUTE!
To me that’s the least of it, that chute could have been shelter in the event of him not finding rescue. The rest is suspect though.
@@andrewmn3024 have to agree, a parachute is potential shelter as well as cordage from the lines it would also be something more visible that could be hung up to signal for rescue. If I had just parachuted out of a plane and was now stuck in a survival situation I would take the chute with me for sure.
and also he was recording himself and giving up one of his hands for the camera for some or the entire time
Back to the plane even
It was a different parachute that he retrieved from the plane.
Early in the video you can see the fuel shutoff valve for the right wing tank hanging, disconnected and unsecured. This probably rendered the aircraft unairworthy in the eyes of the FAA. Everything after that can be icing on the violation.
Very nicely done. Thank you
From all of us who struggle to afford even an ancient aircraft like this, to see him toss it away like a used toy: Pull his license and forbid him the privilege of flying *for life.*
You perfectly articulated what infuriates me the most about this. Trevor is an ungrateful child.
From all of us who struggle to afford even an ancient automobile, " " " "
Well said
If this guy gets a smack on the wrist, I'll be most displeased 🤣
The age of the airplane has nothing to do with it
I’m looking at the segment when the “engine quits” and am wondering why the door is already ajar! Also with an emergency egress, who jumps with a selfie stick and the camera rolling? Even with my 13,000 hours of flight that would be the last thing I would think of in that situation!
Reminds me of the engine out over water from a few years ago where the guy selfied the entire time.
This aged like fine wine, it is not "alleged" anymore. It is now fact that he did this on purpose.
This is production value you don’t see on many 1 mil plus sub channels. Keep it up!
Someone from the airport he left from said he and a friend chartered a helicopter removed the airplane and took it to an unknown location. If you use references on the ground and maps, to look at his flight path. He intentionally turns over the mountains instead of flying directly to his destination. Probably so he could say he had nowhere to land.. I find that the most compelling part against him, other than him pulling back. He's pulling back because that Taylor is prop started. If he had nosed it down, the prop turning would have restarted it unless the key is off.
Good point...
I read that the horsepower of that engine is 65HP. Who in their right mind flies to Mammoth area with such low power?
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It’s not the HP, it’s the torque. I cannot remember the actual torque rating, but if memory serves me right it’s around 400-500 lb-ft of torque.
That’s plenty enough to get someone to 150knots or around 200mph
@@AllCentaur 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣No. Just no. Please stop before making it worse. Everything you stated was wrong.
@@countryjoe3551 167.11 torque... little high there @Allcentaur ....
If you watch his video you will see him pumping the yoke so as to slow the plane down to just before stall, in a 65 hp t-craft that"s what you have to do to get the prop to stop turning, he certainly was not attempting a restart or he wouldn"t have done this. in my opinion he needed the prop stopped for visual effect and had no intention of trying to get the engine going again.
It makes perfect sense to slow the aircraft as much as possible, if your intention is to bail out. Stopping the prop is just a happy correlation.
@@HarmanRobotics Does it make perfect sense though to have the door open before the engine actually quits though 2.40 in his video you can actually see the door is open before the engine quits from the rearview.
@@XxmillerniaxX Sure, it makes sense - if your intention is to bail out.
It does not make sense if your intention is to fly the plane.
@@HarmanRobotics You missed what I was saying, the door was unlatched before the engine actually cuts out, unless he had esp I pretty much doubt it is normal to fly with the door unlatched and slightly open.
@@XxmillerniaxX I did not miss what you were saying. I am saying the same thing, in a different way.
It makes sense that the door was open BECAUSE Trevor was planning to bail out. His error, probably due to nervousness (knowing that he was pulling a stunt), was to show the door closed, then open before the "failure" occurred. If he were a bit more clever he would have latched the door before faking the engine failure. Then again, if he were a bit more clever he would not have even attempted the stunt.
The door being open is just one of the many, many pieces of evidence against this being a legitimate emergency.
Man, I'm hooked on your content now!
Thanks Jon!
Wow thanks buddy! Love this vid. You said everything to be said in this content!!! Thanks. P.S Hi from Iceland.
Iceland is on my bucket list.
@@TakingOff There you go!
Once I saw the coordinates of the crash I knew it was intentional. I had watched Trevor for about a year before this incident and knew he wasn't the smartest person. I am not a pilot but my dad is/was so I've followed some channels over the years like Trent Palmer and Mr. aviation101. Trevor's video set off so many red flags for me as a non-pilot I can only imagine what pilots see.
I did a bit of research on that tcraft and then looked at maps. That tcraft has very very good gliding stats. The crash was less than 8 miles from farm land to the west and less than 12 to the east. The plane should have made it no problem. The dry riverbed below him was also perfect. I don't know the wind conditions on the datly of the crash but I'm doubting it was anything unusual. I hope they throw the book at him. He needs to be punished hard for this.
The insight from Max is incredible. I had wondered if that had electric start or not. In no way am I defending Jacob here but he is one to panic easily. So him not knowing how to restart the plane in the air could have caused some panic. But everything else screams intentional.
Yeah I also watched him last year. It’s clear he intentionally did this. I agree I think he should be sent to prison for a while, because he coulda killed someone or started a bad fire
Seems guilty af but I did have the thought "he probably feels more at home parachuting".
Yeah if it reeks to non-pilots (like myself) i can only imagine how obvious it is to people who have a clue. Here in Australia people have gotten into serious trouble merely for sinking trailerboats "for views" and that poses little to no risk to the public unlike a aircraft with nobody at the controls! Hope he gets everything he deserves.
What screms to me is the fact that he didn't include whole flight and onboard camera. Because if it wasn't intentional he would use that footage in video and make it complete instead of just showing us a stunt.
No, perhaps too many crashes as a skier, He reminds me far too much of another bald egomaniac, Joe Rogaine. Typo intentional of course.
I have all the cam gear this guy has… never thought to have a self stick just in case I needed a good self jumping from a plane from so many views… I think the self stick filming the plane he left behind did it for me… this was a very dangerous stunt.
Thanks for the video
Good video. Thanks from Wisconsin.
91.119 If he "had to" bail, he wasn't flying at an altitude where he could make an emergency landing.
Also 49 CFR 830.10 for tampering with the crash site by removing the cameras and charting a helicopter to remove the wreckage.
Great job breaking this down Dan! You pointed out a lot of things that I missed when I watched the video like his GoPro's being on and off, the fuel indicator, and a very valid point on him crashing with full fuel tanks and potentially starting a fire in CA. Who knows where that plane would've crashed if he did anything differently? It could've crashed into someone's house or a hiker on that trail. I agree that his certificate should be pulled and he should be prosecuted for negligent behavior and reckless endangerment.
Great analysis! This incident was shady from the beginning. Trevor made no attempt to restart the engine, no attempt to push the yoke and aim for the best glide, and no attempt to look for a place to land. He just seems to ditch the plane as soon as the engine stops (or at least that's what it looks like in the video). I wonder if the FAA could revoke his license for this "incident".
He needs to be jailed and heavily fined. The plane could have crashed in a populated area or started a wildfire which are deadly in CA. RUclips should ban him permanently also. Great job Dan. Thanks for the breakdown for us non flyers.
Guilty until proven innocent. Typical Lib response.... :(
I am not a pilot, but my father was a CFI through the 1970's to 1990's.
I have no clue what laws or FAR violations there might be, nor do I really care. Let others who no the subject discuss that.
To me, this entire episode call Jacob's judgment into question. Without sound judgment you should not be trusted with anything that flies.
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lets start with his paraglider
@@chestyoz9725 Not even that.
He shouldn’t be trusted with any motor powered vehicle, and I have doubts he can safely ride a bike on public roads.
Or have any sharp objects. They have places where people are paid to make sure no one has sharp objects
Interesting idea to choose a very very fact based, regulated, inspected and procedural centered community to try and pull a fake stunt like this in. In my personal opinion it’s quite obvious that this was a complete fake stunt. Not even attempting to make a single radio call, engine restart or even spending more than 20 seconds looking at his surrounds.
Just hopped on out in literally less than a minute without even a hint of hesitation. Already unbuckled, Definitely seems planned.
I usually hike up to the top of a hill to get better phone reception. Apparently in California, it's best to go deeper down into a canyon to find it.
Someone noticed that the footpeg from the plane was removed (previous pictures shows this plane originally equipped with this part). Maybe it would helped to avoid any lines or clothes being caught during the jump.
He spent no time in a kind of shock/denial about the engine failure and almost immediately opened the door and jumped with a parachute, which is not normal gear worn by a private pilot and he filmed his jump using a selfie stick. He destroyed a perfectly good and historic aircraft.
If you watch the video closely, he had the door open before the Engine “failed”. And, What’s the story with the fuel selector valve?! Look at his channel. His content is all over the place with no real direction. He just keeps making random clickbait videos looking for one that will go viral. Just my guess…
His videos are so dumb. He claims he saved his drug addict friend and another he tried to be deep and talks about depression lol. He's a stunt guy from MTV as well so he definitely has the experience to pull off such a stunt
@@mattg4836 MTV. That speaks volumes.
@@jamesgullo8240 Look at that yo-yo hanging by a parachute🪂from an airplane 🛩that ain't the way you do it. 💸Money for nothing and clicks👇are free
@@1STGeneral nice one!
I find it interesting that Jacob entitled his video "I Crashed My Plane" rather than "My Plane Crashed."
You are right! I don’t know if anyone has pointed out that if he left the key and fuel on and mixture rich the plane would have restarted when the prop started turning. Maybe another reason he had to get back to the airplane. Get the cameras and turn the key back on and mixture in. I used to have a T craft and one click of the magnetos hand propping would start it. Also, I used to do a lot of aerobatics and wore an emergency chute always. No one would bail out unless something broke catastrophically. And no one would wear one in a non aerobatic plane.
Not a pilot, but not ignorant of some of the things you should do when your engine "quits" like that. Check fuel cocks, ignition, try a restart, etc. He doesn't seem to do any of this.
Also more telling for me is: His door is cracked open BEFORE the engine stops. As if he knows he needs it to be open? It was seen closed on the take off and first bit of the cruise. So why is it cracked open just before the engine stops?
I mean I check my fuel cock at least twice a day, emergency or not
I think because the aircraft is so old it doesn’t have an internal starter
@@jameson1239 The revs the prop was making prior to impact should have been enough to restart the engine, especially as it was already up to operating temperature. I even wonder whether the engine didn't restart itself. An experienced FAA investigator should be able to see whether a prop was windmilling or under power on impact.
As a lawyer I appreciate your emphasis on mens rea or as we in the trade call it, “culpable mental state.” Or as you put it, simply and understandably, “intent.” Any criminal or indeed FAA charges will rise or fall on the ability to prove this.
You also did an excellent job of detailing examples of how objective evidence can reflect upon what is going on inside a person’s head.
Actors are not the smartest people, look at the 'Rust' set for proof of that.
Bruce Rivers taught me about circumstantial evidence. There might be for example him planning out this stunt before, or destroying evidence, which might show consciousness of guilt
Getting out of a high-wing Cessna ... you can easily fit retractable door hinge pins. Used to be standard fitment where I worked. Also good for jettisoning doors prior to emergency landing, for easy egress. And on the right side for removing door on the ground, prior to dropping paratroopers. Twist internal lever, outside cam extracts hinges, bye-bye door.
Hi. I'm a former skydiver instructor and I backup every word you say in the video. Look another details on TJ's video: The door is closed all the time but minutes before the fail is open, so yes, he intended to jump, is what I would do if I want to do it. He forgot take off his headphone but not the hand camara.... waooo!!. In a bailout situation I would immediately open my parachute as you say, is even write in the SIM Manual (Skydiver Instruction Manual) all skydivers use it to get the license. I'm been involved in unintentional bail out, emergencies and weirds situations and after 20 years in the sport I always finish nervous and probably shaking after landing, but this guy is totally normal, like a regular jump day. Hiking boot when flying an airplane?? I normally look the pilots to use confortable shoes right? A go-pro battery last maximum 2.5 hours and he claim he was all day lost??? of course he take some backup batteries for the adventure. Anyway.... totally intentional, what better way to gain views.
If the chute fits; you must convict.
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Crash site was BARELY into mountains but he never shows all the low and flat terrain near him as he skydives - terrain he could have landed on.
At 2:53 in his video, just after engine failure, you see flat terrain behind the plane. The GoPro makes distances look much greater than they are; he probably could have glided to a safe landing.
@@tnp651 landing in that kind of terrain with an old aicraft is still a good chance to get hurt.. I just for fun tested it in MSFS (vid on my channel), and yes, probably possible, but waay too close cut for a safe outlanding.. I don´t think he can be blamed for jumping, really from a pilots point, but there is A LOT of other stuff that makes this a clear cut stunt.. sadly.
@@monostripezebras I think Tom meant gliding with his parachute 🪂
@@monostripezebras From a pilots point? NO pilot I know would ever even consider it. There were plenty of safe landing places too. Dried up river beds, the road the supposed farmer drove in on. That plane has a slow stall and landing speed too. Pilots don't even think about jumping. In an emergency, rule number 1 is to fly the plane....personally, I try to fly my plane to the ground, whatever the issue, I follow rule number 1 TO THE GROUND. I go down with the ship.
Excellent analysis and commentary. There is no way that he performed this "stunt" without a lot of planning and preparation, which may have left clues to investigate. Detailed knowledge of the area was necessary to pick a location that gave him the optimum chance of surviving. You just dont parachute into the wilderness without knowing where and how to get out. And he had help. No way he did this entirely on his own.
I used to fly and own gliders...we used Paracushions, thin flexible and took the place of a back seat cushion... The little old style Irving chutes were small but bulky and very uncomfortable, I could not imagine piloting a plane with one. Looking at his video, there appeared to be a few suitable places he could easily reach with a 1:8 or 1:10 glide, and he tried really hard to hide them with his edits. As for why hiking to the plane with a couple of fire extinguishers in hidden in his trousers. He needed the footage, especially in case someone else found it first!! He didn't open the chute because he needed to skydive to the location rapidly in case of fire (would have got him into lots of legal trouble if this was done on purpose), or someone found it with the engine switch in the off position. All the "oh god" and grandstanding when the engine seemed to stop for no reason and the pulling the stick backwards and forwards with the door open was just ridiculous......If he did this on purpose, I think it's pretty serious and the FAA should rescind his licence for ever....He had no way of knowing where that plane would end up, or if it would kill someone on the ground. All this for likes and YT, if it was done on purpose...that's pretty sick.
He had to hike back to the plane to switch the mags on or the fuel selector back on. And he needed to edit out the incriminating camera footage.
And then get the evidence out. That’s why he carried the chute out. He needed it the next day to jump back in and film he’s heroic escape. Either that, or midway through his fight through the underbrush , he removed the harness, took off his jacket, shaved, showered, and then put the chute back on.
@@tedmulthauf7434 i mean, that part isn't true. Do you know what a chute costs? No way in hell am I walking anywhere and leaving my 5000$ parachute and pack anywhere.
I mean, don't get me wrong, this guy is guilty as fuck, but taking his parachute is not the smoking gun you think it is.
This is the best video I've seen of this "alleged eye rolls" incident. I like your objective approach. I also like your subjective conclusion at the end saying his ticket should be pulled permanently, without half-stepping. We don't need empirical analysis and a jury of our peers to decide if a duck is a duck. That's for FAA and NTSB to do. Again, great video.
Finally an analysis that isn't all torches and pitchforks. His footage is edited, but I'm curious to know what the proper restart procedure would have been and did he follow that.
The canyon he ditched in has campsites in either direction from what is visible as he descends. Another coincidence?
Excellent video sir.
Remember guy’s, when you hike for a day through the mountains after surviving an aircraft crash, with no water in the heat of the middle of the day, when you find drinkable water, don’t hurry to drink it, remember to make sure you get a good camera angle so you can film your lifesaving discovery for clout.
He said he had a jug of water in the back of the plane but it wasn’t there. It’s still fake though.
In addition to the door being unlatched, the fuel line being
removed from the starboard wing, the suspect editing, and
the odd piloting after the "engine issue", I would say that poor
acting is the biggest give-away. If you watch other legitimate
engine failure videos, you can see a fairly common reaction
between GA pilots which is missing here. I think it would be
nice to have access to the uncut video sources (or if anyone
has done a frame-by-frame to see if the engine was
shutdown - either by fuel starvation or electrical
suppression).
IF it is shown to be a hoax and that's where my money is
placed), I hope he loses his pilot's license, gets a stiff penalty,
and if the plane is insured, prosecuted for insurance fraud. Could not agree more that such an act makes it SO much more difficult for the average folks just trying to do the right thing. Is this how Americans gain more RUclips subscribers? Effin crazy! Careless and dangerous
Do you think he went back to the plane to make sure it had the APPEARANCE of a failure? Disconnecting / breaking stuff that would make it look like the engine failed in flight? Just a thought.
A note on medical history- he claimed to have suffered 15 TBIs by the time he was 20 or so. He either a) did not disclose on his medical, or b) an AME made a shocking choice to endorse someone with major neurophysiological injuries. I find it hard to believe an AME would have someone disclose major brain trauma and still issue a medical certificate unless an extensive work up was done…
Hadn’t heard this. Wow.
The only certified, non student Trevor Jacob I found on airmen search was a private pilot certified 2020 who had a 1st class medical too. Seems unnecessary and odd if it is him and he has that medical history.
key words there are "he claimed". I suspect he has more trauma in his future than in his past. Guy is full of it
Yea, I only flew paragliders. And we have emergency chutes. Was in a couple of spirals, frontal collapses, and stalls. I never thought of pulling my reserve once in these situations. The only thing on my mind is to recover the main wing while keeping an eye on my attitude.
Deploying a reserve chute is an extreme situation and the last course of action after you have tried everything else and there is not any more time for recovery. Even on ultralight paraglider types of aircraft.
If my lift surfaces are intact, and I have any chances of doing so, I'm landing that thing.
Landing > falling.
What is that map in the background with blue and green lights/ or tacks? does that signify something like? Weather or places youve been or ... sorry I'm off topic
Weather. It’s a map of weather conditions at airports around the country. Metarmaps.com
First time watching this channel and I am quite impressed in your coverage. Thank you for the insight. As a low time pilot myself I find his apparent negligence incredibly disappointing. It looked like there were many possible landing points in the video. Watching another video covering this a comment was made that he may have purposefully not shown footage from behind the aircraft's flight path. Could there have been a field in gliding distance? It certainly looked like there might have been a field in the distance in one shot.
I would be most interested to see if we get extended raw footage as you mentioned, because the released footage shows no attempt to restart the engine or assess landing areas. Another video I watched showed his previous plane with tundra tires and that makes me assume he has some experience in landing on unimproved runways or off field locations.
Either way, I am very sad to see that poor Taylor craft destroyed.
Welcome to the channel!!
@@TakingOff Thank you!
As my A/C maintainer used to say, "Taking off is optional, landing is mandantory."
I’m not a pilot but I found your presentation extremely interesting, and I learned a few things. I hope the FAA gets to the bottom of the incident, one way or another. If it was staged he’s very fortunate there was no fire, and no one was injured. So many people would’ve appreciated that little plane. Now I’m thinking of Speedbird 009, the 747 that lost all engines after flying through volcanic ash, and which managed to glide to a safe landing. Seems that little plane could have glided somewhere and landed.
Thanks for watching! The Speedbird case was really interesting (though they were able to restart some engines for a powered emergency landing). Of course, this T Craft might have been able to restart. 😉
As some one who what's to get into flying and will probably buy the type of plane he crashed it's kinda sad to see
@@TakingOff I think that the best way to investigate intent in this incident may not be through his actions documented in the video, but through his acquisition of Ridge wallet as a sponsor. Mr Jacob's channel focuses on stunts, and garnering a sponsor to fly from point A to B while spreading his friends ashes wouldn't seem likely - the sponsor was probably looking for something that would gather a lot of views. Ridge wallet might have some information on this incident, where Mr. Jacob's clearly defined his intent to sell his video as an advertisement.
@@thebrozone3896 I emailed Ridge wallet asking why they would sponsor an intentional crash. They have not replied.
@@michaelleitner1245 right on man! I think we should give them some pressure for sure
Great video covering the situation. In my eyes, like most others, it was intentional. I hope they hit him with the book.
Question - why do you pronounce the word "undoubtedly" like "undoubteBly"? :p
it was undoubtably a slip of the tongue.
As noted in another analysis video I watched there is a very wonky zip tied fuel line with a petcock valve for shut off that mysteriously the footage from the dash cam didn't survive. Could he have simply shut his fuel off?
The only video of him flying with a chute is the only video of him using it... interesting.
It’s chute.
@@Av-vd3wk lol fixed
Two updates that really don't help his case!
1) In his original video that he uploaded, he showed the view from the wing seconds before the engine cut off. You could clearly see the door closed with the handle pointed straight down. A few seconds later he shows the camera in the back as the engine starts to cut off, and the door is already opened with the handle clearly turned towards the back of the plane. He literally opened the door to jump out before the engine was ever off. Likely making sure he could escape before he powered off his engine.
2) He has cut about 4 minutes from the video he posted online. It used to be 16:41 long and is now 12:53 long. Part of this cut is his sponsorship, as well as the wing shot of his door being closed moments before the engine shut off. Good thing I already saved an offline version of the old version and forwarded it to the FAA :)
One quick thing: Although I completely agree with everything you said and that this is almost certainly staged, he did mention bringing water on the plane, which he used as an excuse to hike back to the plane. Even though I think the main reason was recovering the footage.
In his video of his shadow carrying his parachute, you can clearly see him drinking from a water jug in the shadow.
Also, in the previous owners pictures you can clearly see a radio antenna on the belly of the nose so this plane was most definitely fitted with a way for him to make radio contact. He just wanted people to think he relied on a portable radio but reality is he had his radio Jack neatly tucked into his parachute straps. So he very well could have went back to the plane crash and attempted to make radio communication to call for help.