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Wednesday, April 27, 2022

‘Careless and reckless’: Video shows YouTuber crashing plane on purpose, FAA says

(KRON) – A YouTube star crashed his airplane in California and pretended it was a death-defying accident, all in an effort to get attention on social media, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

Daredevil Trevor Jacob uploaded footage of the Nov. 24 plane crash to YouTube in December 2021, exactly one month after the stunt. The video currently has over 2 million views, while Jacob himself has roughly 134,000 followers on the platform.

In the video, Jacob appears to take off in his plane with the intention of spreading someone’s ashes over the Los Padres National Forest. Once over the mountains, his propeller appears to stop spinning.

“Holy s—,” he says. “I’m over the mountains and I … [got] an engine out.”