YouTuber Sentenced To Six Months In Prison For Intentionally Crashing Plane

A YouTuber was sentenced Monday to six months in federal jail for obstruction of justice after intentionally crashing his single-propeller airplane … to bolster his social media.

Trevor Daniel Jacob, 30, of Lompoc — a former Olympic snowboarder who was going through a max sentence of 20 years — was sentenced to only 6 months by United States District Decide John F. Walter … after pleading responsible to 1 rely of “destruction and concealment with the intent to obstruct a federal investigation” on June 30.

Jacobs was initially going through a most sentence of 20 years.

Federal prosecutors say in a current information launch that Jacob confessed to orchestrating the crash on November 24, 2021 … posting the pre-planned occasion to YouTube almost a month afterward December 23, titling it, “I Crashed My Airplane.”

The video sees Jacob flying a single-engine airplane from Lompoc Metropolis Airport to Mammoth Lakes … earlier than claiming the airplane’s engine had failed half-hour in.

The footage captures Jacob opening the aspect door and leaping out to deploy a parachute simply because the airplane hurtles downward right into a crash under.

Prosecutors say he purposely waited two days to report the pre-planned crash to the Nationwide Transportation Security Board, who suggested him to protect the wreckage — although he stalled the investigation, telling them he did not know the place the airplane went down.

Instead, he used a helicopter to elevate the wreckage out of the Los Padres Nationwide Forest on December 10, 2021 … earlier than dismantling and disposing of it.

Throughout his sentencing Monday, Decide Walter ordered him to give up to the authorities by Jan. 29 … with Jacobs saying in a press release conveyed by his lawyer: “This experience has been so humbling.”