The Youtuber Who Crashed a PLANE for Online Attention

Published 2024-07-27
Trevor Jacob is a successful athlete and daredevil, even competing in the Olympic games. He is now also a convicted felon after he crashed his plane intentionally in a publicity stunt to get more clout for his Youtube channel.

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www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67622247
ktla.com/news/local-news/former-olympian-sentenced…
www.cbc.ca/kidsnews/post/a-youtuber-crashed-a-plan…
time.com/6342655/youtuber-trevor-jacob-plane-crash…
www.nytimes.com/2022/04/20/us/trevor-jacob-youtube…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Jacob

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All Comments (21)
  • As an aviation professional this incident made me livid. It's like you said, it felt like he thought we were stupid. One extra thing to consider: let's say in theory Jacob was believed. Guess who would have been on the chopping block for the accident? Whatever aircraft mechanic worked on it last. The FAA would inspect the logbook of the aircraft and have a long, LONG talk with the mechanic who most recently performed powerplant related maintenance. And they could have had their livelihood interrupted because of a clout chasing shit head. And THAT sends me up the wall. We're out here pouring our soul into these birds, man, treat them with the respect we do.
  • We all hate Trevor. He destroyed an airplane that hasn't been made since the 40's.
  • @Br-bs1xe
    You forgot to mention the fire extinguisher in his pants
  • @andrewbowen4544
    You need a new playlist Darkness called "You Utter Buffoon"
  • @JamesAllmond
    I would say avoid that losers channel, but YT and the Feds fixed that issue... I follow some aviators that go to a lot of the places I go on motorcycles. Remember this well. He got busted by that community and gopro users worldwide. Painfully obvious and wasted a perfectly good antique plane. Disgusted a ton of YouTubers and aviators.
  • @CaptainKrimson
    funny how he says this happened to him.... it did not, these were all his choices.
  • @solarflare623
    This guy’s appearance and voice both just scream “default military dad”
  • @csxtrainfan319
    What has our world gone to? First somebody intentionally crashes a plane, then intentionally derails a train for YouTube. What’s next? Somebody purposely crashes a boat for view?. Jacob’s actions could’ve gotten someone innocent killed.
  • @JamesAllmond
    only thing Trevor regretted was getting caught and finding out one can go to jail for being a fool.
  • Would buy that tshirt “you total bafoon” with something exploding on it
  • @Blur4strike
    Crashing a vintage aircraft intentionally just to get more views/clout for their YouTube channel, that's a surefire way to tick people off.
  • @Cohunnamatta
    It’s hard to say how one can call themselves a role model by being an unrepentant liar. Is it so hard to look into a camera and say “what I did was reckless and irresponsible. I promise to never do it again” he didn’t learn anything.
  • @anzaca1
    The crash also could've sparked a wildfire.
  • Hey this is great! I was one of the people mentioned Trevor in the comments on your last video!
  • @nikiandre6998
    Therr is still big question about the plane. Cause at minimum, it had another engine what it had during registration.
  • Clout chasers’ stupidity will never cease to make me facepalm. The brat who derailed that BNSF train ought to get the maximum sentence allowed for the crimes involved.
  • @TBone4983
    "One thing he really liked to do was skydive!" shows paramotor