I noticed that he did that. Also Los Padres National Forrest has the Sespe Condor Sanctuary. If he was in the boundaries and did this. He will be in some serious shit.
Even if the faa can't prove he faked it, it's quite easy to prove jumping so quickly was irresponsible and against procedure, so his license may still be revoked
Trust me, theirs heaps of data that puts him into a guilty category. I reckon criminal charges and I really hope they throw the book at him plus take his ‘license’ for good!
The fact he has contact with air traffic since he's using the headset, says nothing, and decides to jump without warning anyone is definitely something to look into
Another youtuber pointed out that this wasn't Trevor Jacob's normal airplane, and it hadn't been seen on any of his previous videos. They went on to check up on it's tail number and found he isn't the registered owner. They also went through all his previous videos and found that there was no footage showing him wearing a parachute in any of them unless he was actually going up to make a jump. This brings his statement that he always wears a chute when flying into question. To me, this all REALLY feels setup. Here in the UK (as far as I'm aware), after a set number of years or flight hours, an airframe pretty much needs to be stripped right down to individual nuts and bolts to be thoroughly inspected so it can get issued a new ticket of airworthiness. Unless you can do the teardown and rebuild work yourself, it's such an time consuming/expensive task that the final bill could cost more than a rough old plane might be worth. If the FAA in the US insist on something similar, maybe this aircraft was within weeks of being a huge financial burden to someone, so I'm theorising that Trevor may have picked it up cheap enough that he realised he might be able to make more than it's purchase price through ad revenue if he made a video that could potentially go viral.......... Sound plausible ?
Well put, and a good theory. I wondered how he could, just crash, a possibly expensive airplane. If the plane was about to become worthless and expensive at the same time, this makes total sense. The bottom line here is that its very obviously a fake emergency for views, trying desperately, to go viral. This must be a new human condition. Obsessing, to the point of recklessness, trying to be popular, on UA-cam!!?? WTF!!
Any competent pilot would have more than enough fuel to reach his destination plus an extra hours fuel in case of a diversion or problems. Ergo, that should have caused a huge fire. But since he planned this whole thing, he did not want his GoPros to burn up. So, just 16 minutes of fuel. Then retrieve the cameras. The numerous cameras were in case some were corrupted by damage, and we know by the video which ones were recovered. There is no "N" number, either on the tail or fuselage where it is required. We see numerous times the 2 stripes along the fuselage extend to underneath the tail, yet @0:25 the stripes end well before the tail. *Here's what I think.* I'm betting he didn't find _all_ of them. I'm betting at least one bounced out after the crash and is somewhere within the proximity of the crash site. And the one behind him with the view of the control panel is never seen because it would show the fuel level as well as his actions before, during, and after the engine quit. Never seen on purpose or maybe it was destroyed or he did not find it. At any rate, I say with near absolute certainty it is a hoax.
@@michaelmoore7975 Yet another youtuber pointed out that this particular aircraft had a main tank, and a smaller auxiliary tank in the rear of the engine compartment. The fuel level of the small front tank is shown by a float with a sliding rod on it that sticks up through the top of the engine cowing in the pilots field of view. This youtuber zoomed in on a section of footage that shown this indicated rod, and deduced that this tank at least was reasonably full. That's not to say it was reasonably full of FUEL though. It could just have easily been full of water as a way to kill the engine in a way that might be easier to explain if the wreckage was inspected (As long as the aux tank ruptured and emptied most of the remaining water in the crash), or maybe to purge the forward part of the fuel system with water and prevent sparks from igniting any residual fuel vapour inside the engine bay after the crash, and risk burning up his precious footage ?.............. Though TBH, he doesn't strike me as someone who'd have put THAT much forethought into any of this.
Okay so I grew up in and around this area and some of the trails he showed after he bailed out are trails that I've personally hiked. That, plus my biology degree, tells me that the aftermath had to have been filmed in more than one location. Not only am I familiar with some of the places where he was hiking because I've hiked there too, but the species of plants in the video tell me for sure that one part of it was more properly on the eastern desert side of these mountains and that some other parts were filmed on the coastal western side. My hiking experiencing tells me that the locations were hundreds of miles apart, although both in California and in the same mountain range. I am also an amateur geologist and I saw the San Andreas Fault in his wilderness footage. That fault runs on the western side of those mountains and is the reason why there are mountains there in the first place. What's just went of that fault? Well there are generally nice valleys with a better climate than the eastern side of the mountains because of the nearby ocean. What do you find in valleys with decent climates? Well you find people and civilization, which is what he would have found if he didn't have his head up his ass. GPS works here even in places where our phones do not (which is realize is a pretty strange concept for people in the rest of the industrialized world since I got better cell service in South America than I ever have had in the US). GPS comes from space so, can you see the sky? Well then you can probably get your phone GPS to work. Then it provides you with a lovely map of where you are. He probably should have also been able to figure that out when he was still way up high in his plane. I have personally used GPS when I was lost once and the reason I was lost was that I got so drunk that I blacked out and feel asleep in town in a place that I didn't recognize when I woke up. Dumb? Yes, but no one got hurt. All the other times I've used GPS have been to track my workouts and I know for sure that GPS works where cell service does not and, even more damning, GPS absolutely works in some of the places he was hiking because I have literally used it when hiking in those exact same locations. Then this guy's survival skills are so bad that he probably couldn't survive anywhere without money because he doesn't have the first clue about how to find civilization, how to find the water that is least likely to get you sick (hint: the fastest running water or where a spring comes out of the ground), and things like the importance of thinking about building a shelter in the wild before it gets to be dusk, let alone dark.I wouldn't give him three days in the middle of the city if all he had to do was be homeless. Weak. I hope they take away his pilot's license and everyone ought to stop watching his videos on UA-cam so that maybe he'll have to do what they always tell us poor people to do, which is to get some job or another job or a better job. It's really a shitty thing to do, while honestly most of the people in this country are struggling to meet their obligations and some of us are struggling to pay for our basic needs, for some rich chucklefuck with enough money to buy, not just one, but two airplanes and afford to get a pilot's license (not something cheap to do here anymore) to crash one of these perfectly good airplanes for no good reason at all. I'm not a pilot and even I would have tried to land in that dry river, especially since I would have personally even known exactly where I was. He should probably at least be criminally charged even if he doesn't get convicted because this kind of thing is bullshit.
Santa Barbara county local, and pilot in training here have flown around these mountains before, at his altitude he could’ve easily glided back to Santa ynez, or at least made it to the flat portion of the valley, judging by his position I’m guessing he is over the coastal mountains just north of Ventura, a.k.a. the Los Padres national Forest, unless I am fully mistaken and he is further north than I think. In fact I run my Cessna 172 making the approach from over Cachuma lake, at 4000 feet, on idle for most of the approach, you can easily glide from 10,000 feet to Santa Ynez or Santa Barbara airport. Also love hiking back there, surprised I haven’t heard about the plane crash in the area.
I’m pretty sure the reason he went back the plane was to collect and make sure he got every GoPro before the FAA finds the plane and find anything that might be useful as evidence since those GoPros would show what was going on in the cockpit.
This is also assuming that he hasn’t already deleted the video of the inside since he knows his in trouble and anything else is just gonna add to more fines and possible jail time
We should establish a line on how many GoPro SD cards are still in existence or can be “found.” I’m sure NTSB investigators would like all available video available.
Another point to consider, especially if this is an insurance fraud attempt, is that once an aircraft crashes, it belongs to the insurance company, including it's fixtures. So in hiking to the wreck and retrieving the Go-Pros, he was actually committing theft. This is the sort of guy that is stupid enough to keep the vision from that in cabin camera to show his 'mates', but it'll get out...
exactly and if it was real, youd put up a video saying maybe he i had an emergency and decided to jump, but i wont be sharing the video etc. This guy did it all for views
A group of hikers could’ve been destroyed by the airplane coming down… He didn’t know he was down there where it was going to freaking crash land! Pull his license in jail him! I am a general aviation copilot and this is stupid shit to pull in the air!
Someone did figure out what airport he took off at and basically he would have needed to do a bunch of circling to gain the altitude he had. And also tested out landing with no power from roughly the same place and altitude and was easily able land safely in a field or down at the river bed you pointed out. Another interesting thing was the plane wasn’t registered to him.
FAA doesn't need evidence of a stunt. They can simply find him to have operated an aircraft in a reckless manner, and that's it. FAA is actually a little too powerful in some ways. They pretty much have full authority to pass judgment here.
let all hope they do, Im not an american, and I know you guys do some crazy shit. but this could of been vehicluar manslaughter. If it hit a hiker, or started a bushfire, it definetly had the potenital to kill. He should be in custody while they investigate. Lets hope some of the cockpit footage was recoverable.
Absolutely! This isn't anything like a traffic accident where you just get a ticket and you have to have so many points before you loose your license. People have lost their license for less, and some have even tried to sue the FAA to have it reinstated. The courts usually side with the FAA. If they don't want you to have a license, you will never have a license. Period.
*pulled Or he could have turned of the magnetos, or shut the fuel valve. I think at this altitude you could even kill the engine by pushing the mixture full rich.
Yep. I'm pretty sure he just let the thing run out of fuel so as to try not to start a wildfire, and also so the interior GoPro's don't capture anything incriminating
Another glaring detail, which I'm surprised was totally not mentioned in this video, is that you can clearly see the pilot's door is cracked open there just before the engine stops.
That was the very FIRST thing I noticed. This was so obviously a stunt. Just the number of cameras, the one he took with him and going back to the plane first to retrieve all the cams and no shots from the cam looking at the panel tells me it was 100% a stunt.
@@blaster-zy7xx I noticed that immediately. Plus, he made no effort to restart the plane. The fact that the plane didn't catch fire, on smashing into the mountain, shows there was no fuel left.
@@elizabethgrogan8553 I would bet $100 he didn't actually run out of fuel, because then he would not know exactly when it would stop. He probably took off with a 1/4 tank, got up to altitude, got everything ready to go including his wrist cam and opening the door, then shut off the engine, recorded several seconds of stopped prop and jumped out.
I had this instructor who used to do crazy stuff in order to teach me. To teach engine outs he would literally cut the mixture, or turn off the mag key and have me land it or he would land it, and then push the nose forward full mixture and start it in the air. One time he landed with a stopped prop. This looks eerily similar to what he did with a stopped prop.
@@jsalzy1232 depends on altitude. I flew gliders and we'd do this sort of training for a low altitude rope break. Your right that if it cuts real low you go straight ahead but one at a couple hundred feet we'd come back the opposite direction
@@thatguyalex2835 That old taylorcraft might be worth $15k or so if it's in good condition. And BTW, that particular plane does not show up in any of his other videos, so he either just acquired it, or it wasn't his plane. Other channels have investigated and found the actual plane and it's registered to someone else.
Thats jailtime for me, could´ve caused a fire or killed somebody! Also how can you do that to your own little plane... 99.9% Sure that it was on purpose, no procedures taken, no attempts to restart, every gopro perfectly set... Found another interesting comment under his video "The wrist camera is what really gives it away. That is not something you would use to capture footage in an airplane cockpit, but it IS exactly what you would use while parachuting." Bruh swiss liked my comment but i edited it and there is no longer a hearth on it :/
@@jarky27 Like i meant he could've been flying around in an area where there could possibly be no one around and maybe that he checked everything before and i think he might've had the plane fly really slow like not at the speed where you stalled but he could've put it on autopilot or something
His friend must have been the smallest man alive. I dumped my late aunt's house dog ashes and it took up more space than that in the plastic bag they had the remains. The FAA is pretty good at rebuilding crashed aircraft and figuring things out. He will hopefully lose his license. As for jailtime, that would be up to the attorney general. Given the state of things in California at the moment, I doubt much will be done.
I watched the original video, and I'm sure he said he was scattering "Some of his friends ashes". I kind of assumed they had been "Portioned out" so several of his friends could scatter them in multiple locations.
That's what I'm thinking. My father owns a 1958 Piper Tri-Pacer, and these type of aircraft don't need much to take off. I'd imagine with how light the aircraft is, he could have glided it down somewhere.
@@ShoTaXxTV nah ,but like Wingman posted above my dad's a pilot and has a luscombe. He had a good 10-15 minutes and that's being absolutely stupid and wasting what you've got for altitude.
When I first started my aerobatic training I was asking my instructor under what situations would we bail out and use our parachutes. He said "Only if everything else goes wrong, like if a wing falls off. The plane is our primary parachute". This was in a Super Decathlon, which is not that different from this plane. Yes it has got a lot more power and yes has an aerobatic rating, but both are high wing taildragger designed for low speed. Ultimately do whatever you think will give the best chance of survival but it is hard for me to believe his training would have so quickly lead to the decision to bail out.
That model has a MASSIVE glide slope ratio, with the altitude he had, there was plenty of time to find and land on a safe surface. He should lose his certification for this stunt
Quickest way for him to get out of suspicion is to post a video with interior footage, showing gauges, etc. Responsible pilots do this when they have footage of an emergency situation- do a breakdown so that we can learn from it. I think we all know this won’t happen
My guess is if any official body requests ALL the footage from all the cameras, suddenly he's going to start stuttering about how the interior cameras were all lost somewhere at the crash site, and tell tails of woe about irretrievably corrupted SD cards ("That have since been thrown away, your honour"). I'm sure he'll go on to explain that the uploaded footage was every scrap of video that was retrievable.
Any competent pilot would have more than enough fuel to reach his destination plus an extra hours fuel in case of a diversion or problems. Ergo, that should have caused a huge fire. But since he planned this whole thing, he did not want his GoPros to burn up. So, just 16 minutes of fuel. Then retrieve the cameras. The numerous cameras were in case some were corrupted by damage, and we know by the video which ones were recovered. There is no "N" number, either on the tail or fuselage where it is required. We see numerous times the 2 stripes along the fuselage extend to underneath the tail, yet @0:25 the stripes end well before the tail. *Here's what I think.* I'm betting he didn't find _all_ of them. I'm betting at least one bounced out after the crash and is somewhere within the proximity of the crash site. And the one behind him with the view of the control panel is never seen because it would show the fuel level as well as his actions before, during, and after the engine quit. Never seen on purpose or maybe it was destroyed or he did not find it. At any rate, I say with near absolute certainty it is a hoax.
He should go to jail, his actions could have caused a wildfire, deaths of many people, loss of property etc. What if the plane glided to some urban area and crashed there, there are so many consequences. I hope the FAA actually takes action on this, and one more thing is that theyre is still oil leakage in the area and can cause a wildfire in the near future.
@@Tato-jx9nf he got his license revoked for a year, and is *NOT* allowed to reapply again. He also faces a fine of $1,644.00 for everyday day for every time he fails to hand/mail in his License to the FAA.
As a licensed pilot, I find this stunt to be appalling. I filed a complaint with the FAA the day the video was released and provided a copy of the video with my complaint. I hope this useless pile of 💩 ends up in a jail cell for his total disregard of human life and property all for the sake of views.
He was protecting his life though, not sure why everyone feels the need to go down with the ship, easier to bail out and try again. As a licensed pilot myself and owner of single engines bush planes, I wear a parachute too and have bailed out a few time, whether it’s complete engine failure or a faulty radio head set, best to just jump out rather then risk it
@@DrumCoversbyBill Seeing all the licensed pilots pissed does give this sort of a positive. The mark of a prestigious license is the community willing to police their own or maybe Stockholm syndrome from dealing with the FAA. Joking on the last part.
@@pluto8404 What happened to Aviate, Navigate and Communicate. Plus, that's not an emergency parachute, it's a sport parachute. He didn't even try to restart the engine. You can see he had already twisted the door latch. Also, whenever I go flying, I have a fire extiguisher taped to my leg. Oh yeah.
if he's so willing to destroy a perfectly good airplane, makes me wonder if the thing was ever legally airworthy? Been a spat of illegal flights of unairworthy aircraft recently.
I don't think it's weird to have the ashes in a Ziploc....... what is really weird is the ashes appear to be of his friends hand. There should be an awful lot more in there than that. My dog recently died and we haven't spread his ashes yet. I just weighed them and they are nearly 1.5kg (around 3lbs) and he weighed around 25kg when he was alive. The bag in this video looks like it maybe weighs a few ounces when it should be 6-8 lbs........
Let me just tell you, just having the FAA is a big problem for him. This case will be definitely seen in a court and they will take there time collecting all the evidence. the court will definitely force him to release all video footage of all cameras, especially the once inside the plane. All the raw video footage will desaide the veredic of this case. But is no question his pilot license will be revoke tempoarlarly but with a huge chance it will be permanently. Im just trying the say the US justice sistem, takes very seriesly aviation cases, especially after 911. cuz this could had been much worst...
Not to mention just lying to the FAA is a federal offense that gets handled by the DOJ with possible sentence of up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. All he needs is one ranking member of the FAA who has it out for him and can sniff out a lie for him to be cooked. When you get your license you agree to extreme scrutiny by the federal government and the FAA are not very lenient for good reason..
I think the FAA will *have to* treat this _very_ seriously. If this was a deliberate stunt, then this FAA has to do its best to find the evidence and ensure this man faces serious consequences. Otherwise, there will be copy-cats and - eventually - loss of life. If this was a stunt, he's going - rightly - to have the book thrown at him.
His pilots liscence should be permanently revoked because let's be honest we all know its staged but I don't think he should be jailed Edit: I now believe he should be jailed since he could've caused a wildfire
@@hamza4954 the FAA took his license away, and he’s not allowed to reapply. He also faces a fine of $1,644.00 per day that he doesn’t hand in his license.
This btw is federally illegal by the FAA. Plus I’m not surprised he was this stupid to record EVERYTHING. Including attaching go-pros for this purpose. Plus i wont be surprised if his friends “ashes” aren’t even cremated remains. It’s probably for “plot value”, which many UA-camrs who have done stupid stuff for clicks tend to do.
I'm pretty sure you're right regarding the ashes. They appear to be grey like fireplace ashes. The cremated human remains I've seen are more of a beige color.
The FAA will have full access to the entire plane and all unedited video footage. They can recover deleted files ect. They will also be able to tell amount of fuel that was spilled and position of switches ect. I think he is in a world of trouble because the FAA does not mess around with stuff like this.
That could have started a big fire if there was engine, especially in California as big fires happen there every year. It is super dry, and fire can start just with the suns heat.
The lack of any fire tells me he fueled the plane with just enough gas to get him to the jump point. Otherwise we should have seen a decent fireball when it collided into the ground.
Typically fire only happens if the propulsion units are operating when the crash happens. In this case the engine was stopped and the mag was presumably switched off, so no fire was likely even if there was fuel.
My dad Watched a situation like this. He saw a mig 23 take off then a dude jump out of it because the engines failed. When the plane was almost in the water the engines started up again and the plane went from Poland and crashed in a barn and killed an 18 year old boy.
If it was a real crisis then the boy dying was a very unfortunate event following it. If the pilot did it on purpose I would at least want to see him in for manslaughter of perhaps even 2nd degree murder. (Though manslaughter would likely be the what they were going for)
@@fluffy-fluffy5996 Well the story is actually a lot more complex. The Mig-23 flew out of Poland into NATO territory and this farmhouse on which it crashed was in Belgium. Thus it flew over East and West Germany before crashing in Belgium. NATO intercepted the jet and found out that the pilot was gone. The Soviets failed to mention anything about their out of control jet. Even though it essentially invaded western air space. The only consequence was that the Soviet-Union eventually paid Belgium as compensation.
@@tangojuliett Man, this sounds messed up. Don't jump out of a plane without anyone piloting it. Also, that was some bad luck for a plane to crash into an area where a human was inside or near. RIP to the kid inside the barn. Is there an air report / transport crash account of this crash?
I believe this also happened with a hawker Hunter ditching in the ocean but for some reason the airframe was bent and it managed to crash land in a field unpiloted but no injuries happened
Another oddity is the friend's "ashes" -- anyone who's ever dealt with cremains knows an adult human's ashes take a lot more space than what's in the sandwich bag. My parents' ashes are spread in 5 different locations -- each amount we spread far exceeded that shown in the video. I can't imagine not mentioning that these are only *some* of the friend's ashes -- out of respect for the friend wouldn't you mention where the other ashes were spread? The whole thing makes no sense to me, but this is just one more wacky detail.
You just said it yourself. If the ashes of your parents are spread at several locations, the content in the bag in this film might be only a portion of his friend's ashes (maybe 1/7, 1/10, who knows) so nothing strange with that.
8:34 true plus when the engine actually fails he doesn't even include the cams on the wing so that you can't see inside. SUS 13:22 it is kinda easy if they can find the cams cause ya know *evidence*
Waiting for the faa report. Seriously tho, this is ruining some poor fuel depot a heck of a lot of problems as you have to quarantine the fuel truck, the fuel tank and any planes that received the same fuel (granted thry haven't already left) until the fuel is released. Seriously, don't do stupid stunts. It can really affect other people.
I'm more than sure the FAA is looking into this. This seems deliberate since the aircraft didn't catch fire I would assume he only had enough fuel to get to wherever this took place. Also, I have been flying for years and I have never once worn a parachute while flying. If this was deliberate (which it sure looks like), the FAA needs to severely fine him and/or revoke his license for wrecklessness. He could have been struck by the tail and knocked out, or the aircraft could have hit someone/something on the ground or started the next massive wildfire. This is no different than jumping from a moving car and letting it sail off and crash.
He should have his license revoked for the simple fact that he doesn't even declare an emergency or, indeed, try to establish any contact with ATC. At that altitude, I'm sure they can at least give you alternate landing options. Even if you had to jump (and I'm not convinced that was EVER necessary here), a chat with ATC to at least figure out some possible solutions is practically mandatory.
Everything suspicious in the video: -Fuel cutoff switch just dangling -Having a random sponsor -Not showing the tail number clearly -Not flying the normal red and white plane -Having so many cameras -Flying with a parachute even though he doesn’t usually do that -Going hang-gliding without a hang-glider in the plane -Cutting off footage every time it shows where he was -Not showing what was happening inside the cockpit when the engine failed -Having a selfie stick just in his hand when he jumps -Hiking back to the plane just to get his GoPros Everything wrong he did: -Not trying to restart the engine -Not look for a landing spot -Just jumping out and risking his life -Wasting precious time to get the cameras back
Man, I don't understand people these days. Great way to start 2022. :( I pray that no future stunts like this happen. Also, RIP to his friend. His friend would mostly likely not approve of this crash, if still alive today.
@@ATIMELINEOFAVIATION I don't understand people's actions anymore. :/ Lol... Strange times nowadays, isn't it. I am in my early 20s, and have witnessed a lot of crazy stuff in the past 5 years.
Looked at his other videos and there are a couple of him flying a plane. In both of those videos he doesn't wear a parachute, so yes, this was staged and he was planning to jump out of the plane.
1) If you look closely, (from the elevator cam) the door is open before the engine quits. Min 4:25 (on takeoff) vs Min 4:43 (before the engine quits) 2) As a pilot I've never flown with a parachute on my back. I understand there are cases like when doing aerobatics that it's required, but it's not something I take in the aircraft with me. 3) He took his headset with him?!?! if it was a true emergency why would you unplug your headset and take it with you? And think to secure it to your hood so it doesn't fly off you during freefall? A lot of things don't add up here. Being there's no fire on the ground, it looks like fuel exhaustion. Fuel exhaustion is a pilot issue. Always plan for enough fuel plus fuel to alternate plus 30min. One thing I learned in flight school is that you as a pilot are responsible for any damage to people/property below you when you fly. So you don't go dropping things out of the aircraft, or in this case, the aircraft itself. NTSB and FAA should fine him for reckless endangerment of people/property below. They should also charge him for the environmental issues of fuel/oil leakage into the environment. They should also charge him for removal of the aircraft from it's current position.
Any competent pilot would have more than enough fuel to reach his destination plus an extra hours fuel in case of a diversion or problems. Ergo, that should have caused a huge fire. But since he planned this whole thing, he did not want his GoPros to burn up. So, just 16 minutes of fuel. Then retrieve the cameras. The numerous cameras were in case some were corrupted by damage, and we know by the video which ones were recovered. There is no "N" number, either on the tail or fuselage where it is required. We see numerous times the 2 stripes along the fuselage extend to underneath the tail, yet @0:25 the stripes end well before the tail. *Here's what I think.* I'm betting he didn't find _all_ of them. I'm betting at least one bounced out after the crash and is somewhere within the proximity of the crash site. And the one behind him with the view of the control panel is never seen because it would show the fuel level as well as his actions before, during, and after the engine quit. Never seen on purpose or maybe it was destroyed or he did not find it. At any rate, I say with near absolute certainty it is a hoax.
He should pay a fine equal to the price of the aircraft, and the price to clean up the rubbish ($50,000). While I don't condone jail, especially during the pandemic for a young guy, he should never ever fly again. Revoke the license.
@@AviationFun737 Me neither. Maybe, if my plane was on fire, and I was over an area with no vegetation, and no risk to human/animal population, I would jump, other than that, nope. I'll stay on the plane and try to land it (I don't fly aircraft BTW, only as a passenger).
After further review, as well as knowledge from me being a local of Santa Barbara County, I can say as a student pilot Who has flown over this exact area, that an altitude of around 10,000 feet, it would not be hard to guide this aircraft back to Santa Ynez, or towards the valley in which New Cuyama Resides, judging from his takeoff from Lompoc and his destination of Mammoth, he was most likely ditched Just over the Sierra Madre and San Rafael mountains, which puts him in the worst possible position to have an engine failure over a Los Padres national Forest but still within 50 nautical miles of any town meaning I fully believe he could’ve made it to some sort of safe landing zone in his position, the los padres national forest isn’t really that big when you’re flying over it, as well as the obvious suitable LANDing zones in his video , In fact most of the rivers in that area run directly into the Santa Ynez valley. He could’ve literally landed in a valley in a river bed and follow the river back to Solvang. And most importantly of all, he ditched without a radio, Hell I carry UV 5R and on my hiking kits because you can reach the local office of emergency services or forest service almost anywhere in los padres using the repeaters.
Trevor: this is my friend john im going to spreading his ashes on the mountains, now to the sponsor ridge wallet it will last you a lifetime longer than john.
Staged or not, his behavior was irresponsible, instead of trying to land the plane like a normal person, ejecting from it doesn't make much sense. I personally think he should be punished even if it wasn't staged. Anyone who owns a plane should have common knowledge on what to do in the case of an engine failure on a smaller aircraft or even on a bigger one. Edit: Plus, he could've injured and killed dosends of people and animals with that plane, along with starting a wildfire due to what looks like dry grass, he's really lucky none of those happened and let this be a lesson to those who want to fly a plane. NEVER eject from your plane during an engine failure like a douche, stay with it and try to save it.
You make a good point - the FAA needs to subpoena that inside camera footage. Some have pointed out that initially that inside camera was turned on, but at the time of the "incident" they could see that it was turned off. If that is true, that's quite a tell tale sign to me. Why are all the other cameras still on but he turns that one camera off? The only thing that might save Trevor legally (not too sure about the aviation community - that train has left the station) is IF he does in fact have additional footage that was edited out of the video we see where he may have tried to restart the engine. We just see him jumping 13 seconds after - but did he try to restart? Does he consider trying land the plane? If he has this footage, he would be wise to tee it up and provide it to the FAA/NTSB. But, I don't know if we are going to see that. Cause it prob does not exist. He also says he "always wears a parachute", but we don't see that point in his other videos. He may want to clarify that statement - does he mean within that last 30 days he NOW always wears a parachute? Did he jump because he felt more comfortable jumping and did not trust his limited skills trying to land? If so, that would have at least let us better understand what was going through his mind at the time. Not saying its right, just might help us put the pieces together. Otherwise its looking like you just GTA'd that bad boy two secs into trouble. I don't know, best of luck Trevor, trying to give him the benefit of the doubt.
Fun fact: at 2:40 when you see the "engine shutting off on it's own".. the DOOR IS ALREADY OPEN !? Why in the hell is that huh ? I mean wouldn't want to make sure you quickly get out right ?
They can revoke your license for making the wrong calls on finals. Say goodbye to your license buddy. You literally didn't do anything of the procedures you were supposed to do and you recorded every second of it. Great job 👍🏽 This will go right through the FAA to the NTSB and to the FBI.
As of, about a week ago the FAA has officially said that he intentionally crashed the plane. They have stripped him of his license but they cannot prosecute. There may be a fine.
No distress call, no troubleshooting, no turning towards civilization. He goes straight to the crash site carrying his parachute, then carries his parachute on the hike to civilization. My guess is he searched the wreckage for any evidence, and concealed it in the parachute incase any witnesses saw him, they wouldn't have knowledge of any evidence when questioned. Sure, the parachute could make good shelter, but he didn't need it. He had plenty of daylight, could have hiked out before dark, could've made a distress call, and could've hiked south and made a peak to get cell reception.
Mostly props can regain a bit of power just by the wind bcuz the wind can let the propeller spin, which generates lift for the aircraft then he can fly back to the airport. But idk why the pilot decided to jump off the plane, maybe he panicked, maybe its planned or fake.. thats what i dont know about.
Some jet airliners can also do this, its a term called windmill starting and is the reason why airliners have a minimum speed after an engine out in order to spin the engine to essentially bump start
It's pretty clear that this was staged. He opened the door before he shut off the engine, and he had plenty of altitude, but flew over a landing spot before abandoning the plane.
That’s not the case, a windmilling prop cause drag, that’s why a prop is always feathered when an engine fails. Totally irrelevant here of course because this was a set up, a very bad one but a set up nonetheless 🙄
thats not how that works. If you pitch for best glide you will have enough windflow over the wind to support lift. the prop spinning in the wind doesnt generate lift.
That is one of the easiest aircraft to land in an emergency. Plus he has jumped many times I can tell. Dive stable exit for example. Fuel level indicator can be seen on the hood, loads of fuel indicated, I reckon he could have switched it off he certainly did not try to restart it that I could see. plus a good look around for a suitable landing site would be in order. He jumps with the camera in his right hand then transfers it to his left remaining stable in freefall and needs his right hand to deploy the parachute. He has so jumped before and many times. After doing some research it turns out the guy is not justa skydiver but a tandem instructor. That means he has done shit loads of jumps. To most pilots jumping is not an option but to him it is. Not many pilots are skydivers too and I am one of them. So while you pilots are shouting STUNT STUNT you may be right, but don't be too quick to judge.
@@0xsergy did try to fly wearing a skydiving rig but it is way too uncomfortable as there are 2 chutes in there, and it gets fatter towards the bottom a proper Pilots parachute is way thinner and you hardly know you have it on.
i mean if he saved the plane he would have gotten in the headlines the video would have blown up too and most importantly the plane would also be somewhat safe
btw he has turned off the comments on the video now
Just noticed that was gonna go check out his comments
yeah its at like 30k dislikes lmao
Of course he did xD
I noticed that he did that. Also Los Padres National Forrest has the Sespe Condor Sanctuary. If he was in the boundaries and did this. He will be in some serious shit.
i hope that gopro from inside survived it the impact looked real bad
Even if the faa can't prove he faked it, it's quite easy to prove jumping so quickly was irresponsible and against procedure, so his license may still be revoked
o i has too u would think
Yep
Trust me, theirs heaps of data that puts him into a guilty category. I reckon criminal charges and I really hope they throw the book at him plus take his ‘license’ for good!
@@theplaneexpert10 it’s called windmilling
*Speed Run Challenge*
FAA Pilot's license removal:
Jumping out of a plane at Mach 1.
The fact he has contact with air traffic since he's using the headset, says nothing, and decides to jump without warning anyone is definitely something to look into
yes and the ATCs see a random aircraft without any response just crashing he didn't think the moral aspect of ATCs
Could it be that he turned the responder off?
@@flopjul4581 yes but in any case he disappeared from radar without any information
@@babalegamer5088
Even more reason for the FAA and NTSB to fuck this guy up
Yeah, I think he could've collided with someone
Another youtuber pointed out that this wasn't Trevor Jacob's normal airplane, and it hadn't been seen on any of his previous videos. They went on to check up on it's tail number and found he isn't the registered owner. They also went through all his previous videos and found that there was no footage showing him wearing a parachute in any of them unless he was actually going up to make a jump. This brings his statement that he always wears a chute when flying into question.
To me, this all REALLY feels setup. Here in the UK (as far as I'm aware), after a set number of years or flight hours, an airframe pretty much needs to be stripped right down to individual nuts and bolts to be thoroughly inspected so it can get issued a new ticket of airworthiness. Unless you can do the teardown and rebuild work yourself, it's such an time consuming/expensive task that the final bill could cost more than a rough old plane might be worth. If the FAA in the US insist on something similar, maybe this aircraft was within weeks of being a huge financial burden to someone, so I'm theorising that Trevor may have picked it up cheap enough that he realised he might be able to make more than it's purchase price through ad revenue if he made a video that could potentially go viral.......... Sound plausible ?
yes
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Well put, and a good theory. I wondered how he could, just crash, a possibly expensive airplane. If the plane was about to become worthless and expensive at the same time, this makes total sense. The bottom line here is that its very obviously a fake emergency for views, trying desperately, to go viral. This must be a new human condition. Obsessing, to the point of recklessness, trying to be popular, on UA-cam!!?? WTF!!
Any competent pilot would have more than enough fuel to reach his destination plus an extra hours fuel in case of a diversion or problems.
Ergo, that should have caused a huge fire.
But since he planned this whole thing, he did not want his GoPros to burn up.
So, just 16 minutes of fuel. Then retrieve the cameras.
The numerous cameras were in case some were corrupted by damage, and we know by the video which ones were recovered.
There is no "N" number, either on the tail or fuselage where it is required.
We see numerous times the 2 stripes along the fuselage extend to underneath the tail, yet @0:25 the stripes end well before the tail.
*Here's what I think.* I'm betting he didn't find _all_ of them. I'm betting at least one bounced out after the crash and is somewhere within the proximity of the crash site.
And the one behind him with the view of the control panel is never seen because it would show the fuel level as well as his actions before, during, and after the engine quit. Never seen on purpose or maybe it was destroyed or he did not find it.
At any rate, I say with near absolute certainty it is a hoax.
@@michaelmoore7975 Yet another youtuber pointed out that this particular aircraft had a main tank, and a smaller auxiliary tank in the rear of the engine compartment. The fuel level of the small front tank is shown by a float with a sliding rod on it that sticks up through the top of the engine cowing in the pilots field of view. This youtuber zoomed in on a section of footage that shown this indicated rod, and deduced that this tank at least was reasonably full.
That's not to say it was reasonably full of FUEL though. It could just have easily been full of water as a way to kill the engine in a way that might be easier to explain if the wreckage was inspected (As long as the aux tank ruptured and emptied most of the remaining water in the crash), or maybe to purge the forward part of the fuel system with water and prevent sparks from igniting any residual fuel vapour inside the engine bay after the crash, and risk burning up his precious footage ?.............. Though TBH, he doesn't strike me as someone who'd have put THAT much forethought into any of this.
His door was also open even before the engine died
Exactly! I got so frustrated when I noticed that!
yeahhh i also noticed it!!!
or that could be the design?
@@ES44AC Nope
Was hot in cockpit maybe.... no it was planed
Okay so I grew up in and around this area and some of the trails he showed after he bailed out are trails that I've personally hiked. That, plus my biology degree, tells me that the aftermath had to have been filmed in more than one location. Not only am I familiar with some of the places where he was hiking because I've hiked there too, but the species of plants in the video tell me for sure that one part of it was more properly on the eastern desert side of these mountains and that some other parts were filmed on the coastal western side. My hiking experiencing tells me that the locations were hundreds of miles apart, although both in California and in the same mountain range.
I am also an amateur geologist and I saw the San Andreas Fault in his wilderness footage. That fault runs on the western side of those mountains and is the reason why there are mountains there in the first place. What's just went of that fault? Well there are generally nice valleys with a better climate than the eastern side of the mountains because of the nearby ocean. What do you find in valleys with decent climates? Well you find people and civilization, which is what he would have found if he didn't have his head up his ass.
GPS works here even in places where our phones do not (which is realize is a pretty strange concept for people in the rest of the industrialized world since I got better cell service in South America than I ever have had in the US). GPS comes from space so, can you see the sky? Well then you can probably get your phone GPS to work. Then it provides you with a lovely map of where you are. He probably should have also been able to figure that out when he was still way up high in his plane. I have personally used GPS when I was lost once and the reason I was lost was that I got so drunk that I blacked out and feel asleep in town in a place that I didn't recognize when I woke up. Dumb? Yes, but no one got hurt. All the other times I've used GPS have been to track my workouts and I know for sure that GPS works where cell service does not and, even more damning, GPS absolutely works in some of the places he was hiking because I have literally used it when hiking in those exact same locations.
Then this guy's survival skills are so bad that he probably couldn't survive anywhere without money because he doesn't have the first clue about how to find civilization, how to find the water that is least likely to get you sick (hint: the fastest running water or where a spring comes out of the ground), and things like the importance of thinking about building a shelter in the wild before it gets to be dusk, let alone dark.I wouldn't give him three days in the middle of the city if all he had to do was be homeless. Weak.
I hope they take away his pilot's license and everyone ought to stop watching his videos on UA-cam so that maybe he'll have to do what they always tell us poor people to do, which is to get some job or another job or a better job. It's really a shitty thing to do, while honestly most of the people in this country are struggling to meet their obligations and some of us are struggling to pay for our basic needs, for some rich chucklefuck with enough money to buy, not just one, but two airplanes and afford to get a pilot's license (not something cheap to do here anymore) to crash one of these perfectly good airplanes for no good reason at all. I'm not a pilot and even I would have tried to land in that dry river, especially since I would have personally even known exactly where I was. He should probably at least be criminally charged even if he doesn't get convicted because this kind of thing is bullshit.
This needs more likes.
Santa Barbara county local, and pilot in training here have flown around these mountains before, at his altitude he could’ve easily glided back to Santa ynez, or at least made it to the flat portion of the valley, judging by his position I’m guessing he is over the coastal mountains just north of Ventura, a.k.a. the Los Padres national Forest, unless I am fully mistaken and he is further north than I think. In fact I run my Cessna 172 making the approach from over Cachuma lake, at 4000 feet, on idle for most of the approach, you can easily glide from 10,000 feet to Santa Ynez or Santa Barbara airport. Also love hiking back there, surprised I haven’t heard about the plane crash in the area.
Haha love it.
As a blacksmith electrician and an amateur test engineer, I concur..
Lmao wtf I'm sure this guy is full of shit and it's pulling our leg
I’ve been binge watching people roasting this guy and I’m not disappointed.
worth every minute😭
please make a playlist for us lazy folks
@@gelmir7322 thats such a good idea
⚠ if anyones got free time on thier hands pls make a playlist of this guy being roasted
I’m pretty sure the reason he went back the plane was to collect and make sure he got every GoPro before the FAA finds the plane and find anything that might be useful as evidence since those GoPros would show what was going on in the cockpit.
This is the logic we need.
This is also assuming that he hasn’t already deleted the video of the inside since he knows his in trouble and anything else is just gonna add to more fines and possible jail time
We should establish a line on how many GoPro SD cards are still in existence or can be “found.” I’m sure NTSB investigators would like all available video available.
Another point to consider, especially if this is an insurance fraud attempt, is that once an aircraft crashes, it belongs to the insurance company, including it's fixtures. So in hiking to the wreck and retrieving the Go-Pros, he was actually committing theft.
This is the sort of guy that is stupid enough to keep the vision from that in cabin camera to show his 'mates', but it'll get out...
for sure
FAA will pull his license and NTSB will recommend charges. He’s going to jail for this bonehead stunt.
I'm praying to God that he does. It could've been way worse but thankfully it wasn't.
exactly and if it was real, youd put up a video saying maybe he i had an emergency and decided to jump, but i wont be sharing the video etc. This guy did it all for views
The FAA or NTSB does not have Prosecutorial abilities!
@@TheFalconJetDriver He should go to jail for being an idiot.
A group of hikers could’ve been destroyed by the airplane coming down… He didn’t know he was down there where it was going to freaking crash land! Pull his license in jail him! I am a general aviation copilot and this is stupid shit to pull in the air!
Someone did figure out what airport he took off at and basically he would have needed to do a bunch of circling to gain the altitude he had. And also tested out landing with no power from roughly the same place and altitude and was easily able land safely in a field or down at the river bed you pointed out.
Another interesting thing was the plane wasn’t registered to him.
Whoever is the owner of that plane is gonna be kickin Trevors ass good lol
He supposedly paid $24,000 for it but hadn't transferred the registration.
FAA doesn't need evidence of a stunt. They can simply find him to have operated an aircraft in a reckless manner, and that's it. FAA is actually a little too powerful in some ways. They pretty much have full authority to pass judgment here.
let all hope they do, Im not an american, and I know you guys do some crazy shit. but this could of been vehicluar manslaughter. If it hit a hiker, or started a bushfire, it definetly had the potenital to kill. He should be in custody while they investigate. Lets hope some of the cockpit footage was recoverable.
Absolutely! This isn't anything like a traffic accident where you just get a ticket and you have to have so many points before you loose your license. People have lost their license for less, and some have even tried to sue the FAA to have it reinstated. The courts usually side with the FAA. If they don't want you to have a license, you will never have a license. Period.
And this is the way it should be, aviation is dangerous no matter how you cut it. We arent doing burnouts on the street.
This is exactly what happens to engines in props when the mixture stick is pushed to full lean.
I aagree
*pulled
Or he could have turned of the magnetos, or shut the fuel valve. I think at this altitude you could even kill the engine by pushing the mixture full rich.
@@ShoTaXxTV
Done that by mistake in a Pawnee, should of said did it by going full rich
Or the magnetos are switched off.
Yep. I'm pretty sure he just let the thing run out of fuel so as to try not to start a wildfire, and also so the interior GoPro's don't capture anything incriminating
Another glaring detail, which I'm surprised was totally not mentioned in this video, is that you can clearly see the pilot's door is cracked open there just before the engine stops.
That was the very FIRST thing I noticed. This was so obviously a stunt. Just the number of cameras, the one he took with him and going back to the plane first to retrieve all the cams and no shots from the cam looking at the panel tells me it was 100% a stunt.
@@blaster-zy7xx I noticed that immediately. Plus, he made no effort to restart the plane. The fact that the plane didn't catch fire, on smashing into the mountain, shows there was no fuel left.
@@elizabethgrogan8553 I would bet $100 he didn't actually run out of fuel, because then he would not know exactly when it would stop. He probably took off with a 1/4 tank, got up to altitude, got everything ready to go including his wrist cam and opening the door, then shut off the engine, recorded several seconds of stopped prop and jumped out.
@@blaster-zy7xx or maybe just kept gaining alt until fuel was empty hence why he's so far up
That doesn't mean anything.. sometimes you open the door when it's hot in the plane.. it brings in a rush of air.. and I'm a pilot
I had this instructor who used to do crazy stuff in order to teach me. To teach engine outs he would literally cut the mixture, or turn off the mag key and have me land it or he would land it, and then push the nose forward full mixture and start it in the air. One time he landed with a stopped prop. This looks eerily similar to what he did with a stopped prop.
Not crazy stuff, everyone has to cut the mixture or turn of the mag in their PPL, otherwise you cannot complete it
My instructor cut engine on me right after take off and told me to turn around and land the opposite direction from which I took off on the runway
@@campbellcox7687 what, thats like the worst thing to do ever. the risk of stalling on the turn is way high its almost a deathwish
@@campbellcox7687 youll go into a stall spin and die that low. the procedure is to pitch down and land straight ahead
@@jsalzy1232 depends on altitude. I flew gliders and we'd do this sort of training for a low altitude rope break. Your right that if it cuts real low you go straight ahead but one at a couple hundred feet we'd come back the opposite direction
The Aircraft deserved better. Such a shame.
he didn't even attempt to restart the plane, I think that the time he spent opening the door was him trying to set up his wrist cam before jumping
I think it would be more realistic if he jumped out without a parachute.
Now we are talking 'With A Pair' Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa splat
If I had a plane.. it would be the most loved thing for me 😭
Yep. These aircraft are $50,000-100,000 a piece + $100/hr to operate. Most people can never even afford that.
Yeah people are nuts
@@thatguyalex2835 That old taylorcraft might be worth $15k or so if it's in good condition. And BTW, that particular plane does not show up in any of his other videos, so he either just acquired it, or it wasn't his plane. Other channels have investigated and found the actual plane and it's registered to someone else.
@@Finx5008 If it is registered to someone else, I would be livid to find my plane mangled
@@Finx5008 people are shocked when I tell em they can get in my dad's 46 luscombe for less money than a new Harley , and it's a nice one.
There is only one think in my mind:
Oh no that airplane...
Vroom vroom >:)
Congrats you are aviation boi
Lol
So much money wasted
i feel bad for the plen and the weird steering wheel yoke that it has too
Thats jailtime for me, could´ve caused a fire or killed somebody! Also how can you do that to your own little plane... 99.9% Sure that it was on purpose, no procedures taken, no attempts to restart, every gopro perfectly set...
Found another interesting comment under his video "The wrist camera is what really gives it away. That is not something you would use to capture footage in an airplane cockpit, but it IS exactly what you would use while parachuting."
Bruh swiss liked my comment but i edited it and there is no longer a hearth on it :/
True, but he could've been in a deserted area or something just flying around?
@@XCimenaticGaming Sorry? I don't understand what you're saying
@@jarky27 Like i meant he could've been flying around in an area where there could possibly be no one around and maybe that he checked everything before and i think he might've had the plane fly really slow like not at the speed where you stalled but he could've put it on autopilot or something
@@XCimenaticGaming 1940s' biplanes probably don't have autopilot.
@@warthunderclipper it’s not a biplane. But you’re right.
His friend must have been the smallest man alive. I dumped my late aunt's house dog ashes and it took up more space than that in the plastic bag they had the remains. The FAA is pretty good at rebuilding crashed aircraft and figuring things out. He will hopefully lose his license. As for jailtime, that would be up to the attorney general. Given the state of things in California at the moment, I doubt much will be done.
I watched the original video, and I'm sure he said he was scattering "Some of his friends ashes". I kind of assumed they had been "Portioned out" so several of his friends could scatter them in multiple locations.
Those ashes represent about 5% of the typical HRs…just another lie in this “stunt”
But why would he bring ashes in the first place.
Ashes are just what remains of the femur from cremation, so he must've had really short legs
He was so high above the mountains, just glide back to the airport, even a space shuttle could do it
That's what I'm thinking. My father owns a 1958 Piper Tri-Pacer, and these type of aircraft don't need much to take off. I'd imagine with how light the aircraft is, he could have glided it down somewhere.
there was a grass field literally in view of the camera before he bailed out
Or with this light aircraft he may could even thermal flying to anywhere he wanted to go lol.
@@ShoTaXxTV nah ,but like Wingman posted above my dad's a pilot and has a luscombe.
He had a good 10-15 minutes and that's being absolutely stupid and wasting what you've got for altitude.
@@MrTheHillfolk Oh man those luscombes are great! Which model is it by the way?
When I first started my aerobatic training I was asking my instructor under what situations would we bail out and use our parachutes. He said "Only if everything else goes wrong, like if a wing falls off. The plane is our primary parachute". This was in a Super Decathlon, which is not that different from this plane. Yes it has got a lot more power and yes has an aerobatic rating, but both are high wing taildragger designed for low speed. Ultimately do whatever you think will give the best chance of survival but it is hard for me to believe his training would have so quickly lead to the decision to bail out.
That model has a MASSIVE glide slope ratio, with the altitude he had, there was plenty of time to find and land on a safe surface. He should lose his certification for this stunt
Not a parachuter but I imagine he had a lot more time before safely bailing out. Time spent trying to save it.
he IMEDDIATLY pulled up to slow him down, so i agree
Quickest way for him to get out of suspicion is to post a video with interior footage, showing gauges, etc. Responsible pilots do this when they have footage of an emergency situation- do a breakdown so that we can learn from it. I think we all know this won’t happen
It won't happen because for one he without a doubt faked it and two he'll be in prison
My guess is if any official body requests ALL the footage from all the cameras, suddenly he's going to start stuttering about how the interior cameras were all lost somewhere at the crash site, and tell tails of woe about irretrievably corrupted SD cards ("That have since been thrown away, your honour"). I'm sure he'll go on to explain that the uploaded footage was every scrap of video that was retrievable.
Any competent pilot would have more than enough fuel to reach his destination plus an extra hours fuel in case of a diversion or problems.
Ergo, that should have caused a huge fire.
But since he planned this whole thing, he did not want his GoPros to burn up.
So, just 16 minutes of fuel. Then retrieve the cameras.
The numerous cameras were in case some were corrupted by damage, and we know by the video which ones were recovered.
There is no "N" number, either on the tail or fuselage where it is required.
We see numerous times the 2 stripes along the fuselage extend to underneath the tail, yet @0:25 the stripes end well before the tail.
*Here's what I think.* I'm betting he didn't find _all_ of them. I'm betting at least one bounced out after the crash and is somewhere within the proximity of the crash site.
And the one behind him with the view of the control panel is never seen because it would show the fuel level as well as his actions before, during, and after the engine quit. Never seen on purpose or maybe it was destroyed or he did not find it.
At any rate, I say with near absolute certainty it is a hoax.
This guy should get is pilot license revoked!
Totally agree with you
He should go to jail, his actions could have caused a wildfire, deaths of many people, loss of property etc. What if the plane glided to some urban area and crashed there, there are so many consequences. I hope the FAA actually takes action on this, and one more thing is that theyre is still oil leakage in the area and can cause a wildfire in the near future.
@@pakistanball1432 absolutely
@@Tato-jx9nf he got his license revoked for a year, and is *NOT* allowed to reapply again. He also faces a fine of $1,644.00 for everyday day for every time he fails to hand/mail in his License to the FAA.
As a licensed pilot, I find this stunt to be appalling. I filed a complaint with the FAA the day the video was released and provided a copy of the video with my complaint. I hope this useless pile of 💩 ends up in a jail cell for his total disregard of human life and property all for the sake of views.
He was protecting his life though, not sure why everyone feels the need to go down with the ship, easier to bail out and try again. As a licensed pilot myself and owner of single engines bush planes, I wear a parachute too and have bailed out a few time, whether it’s complete engine failure or a faulty radio head set, best to just jump out rather then risk it
@@pluto8404 ROTFL
@@DrumCoversbyBill Seeing all the licensed pilots pissed does give this sort of a positive. The mark of a prestigious license is the community willing to police their own or maybe Stockholm syndrome from dealing with the FAA. Joking on the last part.
@@pluto8404 You jumped out of your plane because of a "faulty radio headset"? LMAO
@@pluto8404 What happened to Aviate, Navigate and Communicate. Plus, that's not an emergency parachute, it's a sport parachute. He didn't even try to restart the engine. You can see he had already twisted the door latch. Also, whenever I go flying, I have a fire extiguisher taped to my leg. Oh yeah.
if he's so willing to destroy a perfectly good airplane, makes me wonder if the thing was ever legally airworthy? Been a spat of illegal flights of unairworthy aircraft recently.
Trevor is the exact opposite of that guy who climbed out of his plane mid flight to restart his engine. At least he attempted to solve the issue
Swiss001 jumping off his chair while the dude jumps out of the plane was hella funny xD
The fact that his “friends ashes” are in A Ziploc bag is so weird
I don't think it's weird to have the ashes in a Ziploc....... what is really weird is the ashes appear to be of his friends hand. There should be an awful lot more in there than that.
My dog recently died and we haven't spread his ashes yet. I just weighed them and they are nearly 1.5kg (around 3lbs) and he weighed around 25kg when he was alive.
The bag in this video looks like it maybe weighs a few ounces when it should be 6-8 lbs........
A half ounce of Ash!!
Let me just tell you, just having the FAA is a big problem for him. This case will be definitely seen in a court and they will take there time collecting all the evidence. the court will definitely force him to release all video footage of all cameras, especially the once inside the plane. All the raw video footage will desaide the veredic of this case. But is no question his pilot license will be revoke tempoarlarly but with a huge chance it will be permanently. Im just trying the say the US justice sistem, takes very seriesly aviation cases, especially after 911. cuz this could had been much worst...
Knowing it was probably planned, his smug smile before his dangerous "stunt" is irritating. I hope he gets the book thrown at him.
Not to mention just lying to the FAA is a federal offense that gets handled by the DOJ with possible sentence of up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. All he needs is one ranking member of the FAA who has it out for him and can sniff out a lie for him to be cooked. When you get your license you agree to extreme scrutiny by the federal government and the FAA are not very lenient for good reason..
*their time
*worse
I think the FAA will *have to* treat this _very_ seriously. If this was a deliberate stunt, then this FAA has to do its best to find the evidence and ensure this man faces serious consequences. Otherwise, there will be copy-cats and - eventually - loss of life. If this was a stunt, he's going - rightly - to have the book thrown at him.
Ya like a 767 in New York or someplace like that.
His pilots liscence should be permanently revoked because let's be honest we all know its staged but I don't think he should be jailed
Edit: I now believe he should be jailed since he could've caused a wildfire
I think he should be in jail, as nick said he could have caused a whole wildfire
@@hamza4954 good point, he could've killed people, I agree with you now
@@ea5port419 yes, the FAA is investigating it and i hope they dont say that america gives “freedom” to everyone so hes not getting jailed
yeah the wildfire risk really annoyed me having lost family to wildfires before
@@hamza4954 the FAA took his license away, and he’s not allowed to reapply. He also faces a fine of $1,644.00 per day that he doesn’t hand in his license.
He has the door cracked open for ez escape
True the door was cracked open as well
Trevor Jacob is like an aviation version of imjaystation
This btw is federally illegal by the FAA.
Plus I’m not surprised he was this stupid to record EVERYTHING. Including attaching go-pros for this purpose.
Plus i wont be surprised if his friends “ashes” aren’t even cremated remains. It’s probably for “plot value”, which many UA-camrs who have done stupid stuff for clicks tend to do.
I'm pretty sure you're right regarding the ashes. They appear to be grey like fireplace ashes. The cremated human remains I've seen are more of a beige color.
No one:
UA-camrs: Lets jump out of a plane for no reason with my friends ashes!
The FAA will have full access to the entire plane and all unedited video footage. They can recover deleted files ect. They will also be able to tell amount of fuel that was spilled and position of switches ect. I think he is in a world of trouble because the FAA does not mess around with stuff like this.
very interesting his aeronaut analog altimeter at 11:39. It really looks like a stunt.
That could have started a big fire if there was engine, especially in California as big fires happen there every year. It is super dry, and fire can start just with the suns heat.
The lack of any fire tells me he fueled the plane with just enough gas to get him to the jump point. Otherwise we should have seen a decent fireball when it collided into the ground.
Typically fire only happens if the propulsion units are operating when the crash happens. In this case the engine was stopped and the mag was presumably switched off, so no fire was likely even if there was fuel.
My dad Watched a situation like this. He saw a mig 23 take off then a dude jump out of it because the engines failed. When the plane was almost in the water the engines started up again and the plane went from Poland and crashed in a barn and killed an 18 year old boy.
If it was a real crisis then the boy dying was a very unfortunate event following it. If the pilot did it on purpose I would at least want to see him in for manslaughter of perhaps even 2nd degree murder. (Though manslaughter would likely be the what they were going for)
@@fluffy-fluffy5996 Well the story is actually a lot more complex. The Mig-23 flew out of Poland into NATO territory and this farmhouse on which it crashed was in Belgium. Thus it flew over East and West Germany before crashing in Belgium. NATO intercepted the jet and found out that the pilot was gone. The Soviets failed to mention anything about their out of control jet. Even though it essentially invaded western air space. The only consequence was that the Soviet-Union eventually paid Belgium as compensation.
@@tangojuliett Man, this sounds messed up. Don't jump out of a plane without anyone piloting it. Also, that was some bad luck for a plane to crash into an area where a human was inside or near. RIP to the kid inside the barn. Is there an air report / transport crash account of this crash?
I believe this also happened with a hawker Hunter ditching in the ocean but for some reason the airframe was bent and it managed to crash land in a field unpiloted but no injuries happened
I used to binge his adventuring series where he train surfed and hitch hiked. Good stuff. Shame to see where he ended up
Now he will have a video on what it is like in 'Sing Sing' lol
I think he jumped way to earlier he had decent altitude so why not try to restart or even trim it for best glide speed.
Trevor:
I crash whole airplane, insurance pays whole airplane
Another oddity is the friend's "ashes" -- anyone who's ever dealt with cremains knows an adult human's ashes take a lot more space than what's in the sandwich bag. My parents' ashes are spread in 5 different locations -- each amount we spread far exceeded that shown in the video. I can't imagine not mentioning that these are only *some* of the friend's ashes -- out of respect for the friend wouldn't you mention where the other ashes were spread? The whole thing makes no sense to me, but this is just one more wacky detail.
You just said it yourself. If the ashes of your parents are spread at several locations, the content in the bag in this film might be only a portion of his friend's ashes (maybe 1/7, 1/10, who knows) so nothing strange with that.
@@skunkjobb My point was, if it were only *part* of the friend's ashes, one would say that.
@@gretchenlittle6817 not at all necessarily
8:34 true plus when the engine actually fails he doesn't even include the cams on the wing so that you can't see inside.
SUS
13:22 it is kinda easy if they can find the cams cause ya know *evidence*
Noooo the poor plane😭
If it was staged i would *never forgive* this guy
If?
Him retrieving the cameras WAS a crime.
Waiting for the faa report.
Seriously tho, this is ruining some poor fuel depot a heck of a lot of problems as you have to quarantine the fuel truck, the fuel tank and any planes that received the same fuel (granted thry haven't already left) until the fuel is released. Seriously, don't do stupid stunts. It can really affect other people.
I'm more than sure the FAA is looking into this. This seems deliberate since the aircraft didn't catch fire I would assume he only had enough fuel to get to wherever this took place. Also, I have been flying for years and I have never once worn a parachute while flying. If this was deliberate (which it sure looks like), the FAA needs to severely fine him and/or revoke his license for wrecklessness. He could have been struck by the tail and knocked out, or the aircraft could have hit someone/something on the ground or started the next massive wildfire. This is no different than jumping from a moving car and letting it sail off and crash.
He should have his license revoked for the simple fact that he doesn't even declare an emergency or, indeed, try to establish any contact with ATC. At that altitude, I'm sure they can at least give you alternate landing options. Even if you had to jump (and I'm not convinced that was EVER necessary here), a chat with ATC to at least figure out some possible solutions is practically mandatory.
0:00 when i press the wrong button while flying in GTA
I have never known anyone to fly a taylorcraft with a parachute, unless they were planning to jump out.
Everything suspicious in the video:
-Fuel cutoff switch just dangling
-Having a random sponsor
-Not showing the tail number clearly
-Not flying the normal red and white plane
-Having so many cameras
-Flying with a parachute even though he doesn’t usually do that
-Going hang-gliding without a hang-glider in the plane
-Cutting off footage every time it shows where he was
-Not showing what was happening inside the cockpit when the engine failed
-Having a selfie stick just in his hand when he jumps
-Hiking back to the plane just to get his GoPros
Everything wrong he did:
-Not trying to restart the engine
-Not look for a landing spot
-Just jumping out and risking his life
-Wasting precious time to get the cameras back
HE IS BAD
@@aboodcraft8385 yup
Man, I don't understand people these days. Great way to start 2022. :(
I pray that no future stunts like this happen. Also, RIP to his friend. His friend would mostly likely not approve of this crash, if still alive today.
@@thatguyalex2835 yes, agree
@@ATIMELINEOFAVIATION I don't understand people's actions anymore. :/ Lol... Strange times nowadays, isn't it. I am in my early 20s, and have witnessed a lot of crazy stuff in the past 5 years.
Nik wakes up and decides to be a detective 💀
Me when Swiss uploads a vid longer than 10 mins about plane crashing: 14:29
Looked at his other videos and there are a couple of him flying a plane. In both of those videos he doesn't wear a parachute, so yes, this was staged and he was planning to jump out of the plane.
This is one of the best pilot roasts I’ve watched.
Imagine Jacob being a pilot on your airliner flight, and the engines cut out
He'd be like... "Oh whelp... time to bail, later yo ! "
1) If you look closely, (from the elevator cam) the door is open before the engine quits. Min 4:25 (on takeoff) vs Min 4:43 (before the engine quits)
2) As a pilot I've never flown with a parachute on my back. I understand there are cases like when doing aerobatics that it's required, but it's not something I take in the aircraft with me.
3) He took his headset with him?!?! if it was a true emergency why would you unplug your headset and take it with you? And think to secure it to your hood so it doesn't fly off you during freefall?
A lot of things don't add up here. Being there's no fire on the ground, it looks like fuel exhaustion. Fuel exhaustion is a pilot issue. Always plan for enough fuel plus fuel to alternate plus 30min. One thing I learned in flight school is that you as a pilot are responsible for any damage to people/property below you when you fly. So you don't go dropping things out of the aircraft, or in this case, the aircraft itself. NTSB and FAA should fine him for reckless endangerment of people/property below. They should also charge him for the environmental issues of fuel/oil leakage into the environment. They should also charge him for removal of the aircraft from it's current position.
he literally did circles from takeoff airport to that alt. pretty clear he was waiting on fuel to finish
Any competent pilot would have more than enough fuel to reach his destination plus an extra hours fuel in case of a diversion or problems.
Ergo, that should have caused a huge fire.
But since he planned this whole thing, he did not want his GoPros to burn up.
So, just 16 minutes of fuel. Then retrieve the cameras.
The numerous cameras were in case some were corrupted by damage, and we know by the video which ones were recovered.
There is no "N" number, either on the tail or fuselage where it is required.
We see numerous times the 2 stripes along the fuselage extend to underneath the tail, yet @0:25 the stripes end well before the tail.
*Here's what I think.* I'm betting he didn't find _all_ of them. I'm betting at least one bounced out after the crash and is somewhere within the proximity of the crash site.
And the one behind him with the view of the control panel is never seen because it would show the fuel level as well as his actions before, during, and after the engine quit. Never seen on purpose or maybe it was destroyed or he did not find it.
At any rate, I say with near absolute certainty it is a hoax.
Nothing "alleged" about this - planned ahead for sure. And no pilot would ever do that to their plane
intentionally. Total jerk!!
When your Pilot has a Parachute...
*_SUS_*
This is absolutely discusting behavior!
I think he should have to pay a fine of idk like $10,000,
and never fly again!
He should pay a fine equal to the price of the aircraft, and the price to clean up the rubbish ($50,000). While I don't condone jail, especially during the pandemic for a young guy, he should never ever fly again. Revoke the license.
@@thatguyalex2835 yeah
@@AviationFun737 Man, people are crazy these days. People are higher than a plane or something, with their low levels of common sense
@@thatguyalex2835 I don’t know what rational thinking person would think this is a good idea.
@@AviationFun737 Me neither. Maybe, if my plane was on fire, and I was over an area with no vegetation, and no risk to human/animal population, I would jump, other than that, nope. I'll stay on the plane and try to land it (I don't fly aircraft BTW, only as a passenger).
He is smiling the whole flight. I don't think I would be smiling if I was crashing
If Lando Norris was in this: I’m moving up and down side to side like a roller coaster.
Hamilton if he was the plane: My pilot is gone
BUT HERE COMES SEBASTIAN VETTEL
@@falconfart6671 LOL
@@daniel_rysavy LOL or “Get in there” “Get out of there”
@@qtnv. the plane after crash:”This is what you get! With this fuck*ng shitshow honestly” (Max Verstappen - Mugello 2020)
The bit about Cirrus pilots being parachute experts had me cracking up.
Of course this is staged for views, I mean the weather was good and look at that view of mountains that he got from the high altitude. Good job mate.
Really surprised he didn't pull a ridge wallet out of the wreckage to show how rugged they are.
In the US I’m pretty sure something like this is a federal crime
After further review, as well as knowledge from me being a local of Santa Barbara County, I can say as a student pilot Who has flown over this exact area, that an altitude of around 10,000 feet, it would not be hard to guide this aircraft back to Santa Ynez, or towards the valley in which New Cuyama Resides, judging from his takeoff from Lompoc and his destination of Mammoth, he was most likely ditched Just over the Sierra Madre and San Rafael mountains, which puts him in the worst possible position to have an engine failure over a Los Padres national Forest but still within 50 nautical miles of any town meaning I fully believe he could’ve made it to some sort of safe landing zone in his position, the los padres national forest isn’t really that big when you’re flying over it, as well as the obvious suitable LANDing zones in his video , In fact most of the rivers in that area run directly into the Santa Ynez valley. He could’ve literally landed in a valley in a river bed and follow the river back to Solvang. And most importantly of all, he ditched without a radio, Hell I carry UV 5R and on my hiking kits because you can reach the local office of emergency services or forest service almost anywhere in los padres using the repeaters.
Next, jumping out of an airline jet with people still inside.(bad ending😱)
Bro the way he falls off his chair at the end LOL
The fact that there's a GoPro inside recording the dashboard (7:30), yet he didn't show the video it recorded..it could show everything.
Trevor: this is my friend john im going to spreading his ashes on the mountains, now to the sponsor ridge wallet it will last you a lifetime longer than john.
Staged or not, his behavior was irresponsible, instead of trying to land the plane like a normal person, ejecting from it doesn't make much sense. I personally think he should be punished even if it wasn't staged. Anyone who owns a plane should have common knowledge on what to do in the case of an engine failure on a smaller aircraft or even on a bigger one.
Edit: Plus, he could've injured and killed dosends of people and animals with that plane, along with starting a wildfire due to what looks like dry grass, he's really lucky none of those happened and let this be a lesson to those who want to fly a plane. NEVER eject from your plane during an engine failure like a douche, stay with it and try to save it.
I love his emergency plan:
1. Stop propellers
2. Grab selfie stick
3. gtfo
Maybe he just opened the door for fresh air and just fell down
You make a good point - the FAA needs to subpoena that inside camera footage. Some have pointed out that initially that inside camera was turned on, but at the time of the "incident" they could see that it was turned off. If that is true, that's quite a tell tale sign to me. Why are all the other cameras still on but he turns that one camera off? The only thing that might save Trevor legally (not too sure about the aviation community - that train has left the station) is IF he does in fact have additional footage that was edited out of the video we see where he may have tried to restart the engine. We just see him jumping 13 seconds after - but did he try to restart? Does he consider trying land the plane? If he has this footage, he would be wise to tee it up and provide it to the FAA/NTSB. But, I don't know if we are going to see that. Cause it prob does not exist. He also says he "always wears a parachute", but we don't see that point in his other videos. He may want to clarify that statement - does he mean within that last 30 days he NOW always wears a parachute? Did he jump because he felt more comfortable jumping and did not trust his limited skills trying to land? If so, that would have at least let us better understand what was going through his mind at the time. Not saying its right, just might help us put the pieces together. Otherwise its looking like you just GTA'd that bad boy two secs into trouble. I don't know, best of luck Trevor, trying to give him the benefit of the doubt.
Fun fact: at 2:40 when you see the "engine shutting off on it's own".. the DOOR IS ALREADY OPEN !?
Why in the hell is that huh ? I mean wouldn't want to make sure you quickly get out right ?
No appreciation here for someone enjoying himself and providing great entertainment at no cost to anyone else.
They can revoke your license for making the wrong calls on finals. Say goodbye to your license buddy. You literally didn't do anything of the procedures you were supposed to do and you recorded every second of it. Great job 👍🏽 This will go right through the FAA to the NTSB and to the FBI.
As of, about a week ago the FAA has officially said that he intentionally crashed the plane.
They have stripped him of his license but they cannot prosecute. There may be a fine.
No distress call, no troubleshooting, no turning towards civilization. He goes straight to the crash site carrying his parachute, then carries his parachute on the hike to civilization. My guess is he searched the wreckage for any evidence, and concealed it in the parachute incase any witnesses saw him, they wouldn't have knowledge of any evidence when questioned.
Sure, the parachute could make good shelter, but he didn't need it. He had plenty of daylight, could have hiked out before dark, could've made a distress call, and could've hiked south and made a peak to get cell reception.
finally, a video that is over 10 or 11 min!
Mostly props can regain a bit of power just by the wind bcuz the wind can let the propeller spin, which generates lift for the aircraft then he can fly back to the airport. But idk why the pilot decided to jump off the plane, maybe he panicked, maybe its planned or fake.. thats what i dont know about.
Some jet airliners can also do this, its a term called windmill starting and is the reason why airliners have a minimum speed after an engine out in order to spin the engine to essentially bump start
It's pretty clear that this was staged. He opened the door before he shut off the engine, and he had plenty of altitude, but flew over a landing spot before abandoning the plane.
That’s not the case, a windmilling prop cause drag, that’s why a prop is always feathered when an engine fails. Totally irrelevant here of course because this was a set up, a very bad one but a set up nonetheless 🙄
@@MegAndJas The T-Craft has a fixed-pitch prop, it won't feather.
thats not how that works. If you pitch for best glide you will have enough windflow over the wind to support lift. the prop spinning in the wind doesnt generate lift.
Happy new year Swiss001!
That is one of the easiest aircraft to land in an emergency. Plus he has jumped many times I can tell. Dive stable exit for example. Fuel level indicator can be seen on the hood, loads of fuel indicated, I reckon he could have switched it off he certainly did not try to restart it that I could see. plus a good look around for a suitable landing site would be in order. He jumps with the camera in his right hand then transfers it to his left remaining stable in freefall and needs his right hand to deploy the parachute. He has so jumped before and many times. After doing some research it turns out the guy is not justa skydiver but a tandem instructor. That means he has done shit loads of jumps. To most pilots jumping is not an option but to him it is. Not many pilots are skydivers too and I am one of them. So while you pilots are shouting STUNT STUNT you may be right, but don't be too quick to judge.
why's he wearing a chute? that alone is hella suspicious. his past videos in that same plane.. no chute.
@@0xsergy did try to fly wearing a skydiving rig but it is way too uncomfortable as there are 2 chutes in there, and it gets fatter towards the bottom a proper Pilots parachute is way thinner and you hardly know you have it on.
Somthing i also saw was that the plane did not have a registration
If he left the mixture rich that prop would have windmill started itself!
Pilot > engine stalled, had to jump
Agent > insurance claim denied
Pilot > on what grounds?
Agent > claim jumper
I watch Swiss001 only for comedy like 4:11
It’s 10X more cringe when you see him drinking from a creek pretending he’s trying to “Survive” the wilderness….
Is obvious that this is a stunt for view his door was cracked open already before he jump, he could have just try glide the to land in the bushes
one positive outcome is I've found heaps of fantastic aviation channels to subscribe to
i mean if he saved the plane he would have gotten in the headlines the video would have blown up too and most importantly the plane would also be somewhat safe
Engine fails
This guy: oh no!
*anyway*
He is a Ryanair pilot. Thats why.
bro literally advertised ridge wallet like he's in a gta tv show 💀