@@MyKonaRC I saw where he crashed it, or more accurately aimed it. But you can never be sure there are 0 people in national forest. People hike and camp all over the place. Another pilot demonstrated that he could glide from that location and altitude to a nearby populated area, an airstrip in fact. As reckless as this pilot was, and given the apparent poor condition of his plane, it's possible that although trimmed forward it might have wandered to other areas :(
@@MyKonaRC yeah, and what if the plane traveled farther where it crashed? You sure it's gonna land perfectly at where there's no people around? That's what reckless and unprofessionalism means.
Anyone who’s done engine failures in a plane knows that pulling your phone/camera out to record yourself going “oh f” “oh f” “what am I gonna do?” Is NOT something that would ever naturally enter your mind in that situation.
TBF, I'd probably also utter an expletive, then start saying my checklist out loud when going about it, since that would help me focus. ED: just wanted to clarify that in no way do I condone this intentional crash. just a poor attempt at a joke/playing devils advocate, bc I try to be moderate
@@h8GW also you wouldn't be saying it in an incredibly monotone voice with absolutely no emotion and again on the ground just after landing, no emotion when he's saying he's lucky to be alive ect.
That aircraft didn't deserve him. This show every aircraft deserves a pilot but but not every pilot deserves an aircraft, I always wanted a piston plane but seeing this breaks my heart because I love flying and seeing such a marvel being destroyed is so heart breaking no less for some internet points. SMH.
Trevor Jacob is the perfect example of a pampered rich kid. Put simply, he just does not care. Money is no object to this tool. He's the kind of guy who will crash a Lamborghini just to show he can buy another one. He's a byproduct of modern American society.
@@sgtstedanko7186 if he crashes his Ferrari into a tree in his private property, who cares. But when you endanger the life of others, then it’s borderline criminal.
13:13: "and there he jumps out, so effectively this is where he stops aviating" hilarious and informative at the same time, you just gained yourself a subscriber 😂
His license is certainly gone, even if it takes them a year but a lot can happen in that year, at the least for now, his license should be suspended pending investigation and rip it up at the end of the investigation, I strongly feel that’s the route they should take if they can.
agreed ! , like i said in the main comments to mentor pilot : yeah, this guy is an insult to the aviation world, he is clearly faking, even the '' stress reaction drama'' i hope this guys gets the book thrown at him and looses his license. he cost many people a lot of money and could have done major damage to the environment / nature in the area.
what makes me the most mad about this incident is that ive always wanted to be a pilot but never had the financial resources to realize it. i would love to have an historic old aircraft like this to own and operate. and this loser crashes it on purpose for views. infuriating.
You posted almost exactly what I was going to say. I'll never have flight school or personal airplane money. Seeing that dude destroy an 80 year old airplane for internet clout was disgusting. This clown competed in the Olympics. Yet, he's still so attention starved this stunt was justified in his mind. This guy has a mental health issue. He shouldn't be allowed to operate anything with an engine ever again.
Me to ! i got married very young but no kids ,we lived in an apartment both with ok jobs an i started pilot training ,did the groundschool got about 15 hrs flight time then my wifes parents decided to sell their house an was the end of it with kids coming soon after and now i'm to old :( those taylorcrafts are wonderful planes cheap on fuel go anywhere can put ski's on them geesh so sad!
@@benjaminnoble2244 I've had the displeasure of meeting him and yes he has issues.... He's like that kid that makes up b.s. stories and keeps going even after it's proved bullshit. On a positive note when I was instructing in a friend's plane while working a real job I had 2 students that considered themselves"permanent" students and they were happy with that. They took a few lessons per year and were happy with it. But you're going to have to find the right instructor and plane. The guy I worked with had a piper Clipper,didn't advertise and did it on the side. Back then he was around$100 per hour wet for the rental and 115 with instructor. So if a guy skipped coffee out he could afford a lesson every other month or so.
Watching that beautiful survivor go down for no purpose almost brought tears to my eyes... she was graceful to the end. And just for a few RU-vid hits... SMH
As a former Wildland firefighter, the video put out by Trevor makes me very angry. If the dry grasses had caught fire, those two little fire extinguishers would have done about as much good as a kite in a hurricane. When I think back on the sweat and sacrifice to fight wildfires, and the loss of wildlife habitat, homes, lives, and financial ruin that result from a wildfire, I am dumbfounded by the level of arrogance and ignorance that humans are capable of. Luckily, it wasn't me doing this informational video, it would have been impossible to understand with the plethora of *bleeps* in it.
…and what’s the betting his primary reason for taking the fire extinguishers was not to be able to completely extinguish any wildfire, but only to stand a chance of recovering his “precious” GoPro footage?
No fire? No fuel? Why? Others have noted the disconnected and dangling fuel transfer/selector valve on a hose in the views of the cockpit. Is this to orchestrate a scuttling of an aircraft for clicks? How much, more likely, how little fuel was on board? Fueling receipts and logs? Witnesses to the ground preflight?
@@davidwemyss7303 I'm sure you realize that even without fuel on board, the crash could still have started a fire out there. I think his motive was financial. But in adding the parachute comment at the end, he has sent out the opposite message the public should receive. That alone warrants some major consequences, but it's probably not illegal.
I live near the area. People have already lost their homes/ shack cabins to forest fires. Everyone is so careful to not even cook outside. And the wild life are distressed about lack of water. Lot's of angry/worried people in the area. Anyways, you made a good point.
If the pilot was in real distress your comment that leaving the plane would risk "hurting some animals" is one of the most stupid I've ever seen on internet
@@Brandespada I think he meant more in the idea of the plane hitting animals or starting yet another massive bush fire instead of some curious animal bumping its head on the already crashed plane.
@@Brandespada Causing a big environmental disaster needlessly is irresponsible and like heck did he look scared, he's an adrenaline junkie. That plane was more than capable of landing safely. It honestly looks like he was just after the views
I know you were reluctant to make this video, but it's the best coverage of the incident I've seen. Your added "teaching moments" make a big difference.
@@MentourNow Good day. Please give some thoughts on how Trevor would guess or calculate as to how far the plane would glide after engine stall and being levelled out. Surely his aim was to reach the plane as soon as possible after the crash, to extinguish any fires and retrieve footage. I would have guessed that the plane could have glided for miles and miles and he could have ended up landing with his chute about 50 miles away in mountain terrain, thus unable to reach it in time. Do you think he had it trimmed to descend immediately?
He pled guilty to impeding an investigation by willfully destroying evidence. He and a buddy removed the wreck with a helicopter and disposed of the pieces. He will certainly do a year or two of jail time, in addition to losing his license for an unknown period of time.
Problem is he's only getting between 18 months and 2 years after a plea bargain deal. No long enough in jail, because he could have hit hikers, no matter how unlikely that sounds.
There’s been some new info discovered in the last few days that makes it look even more suspect. Aircraft engines have a life. You can only fly for X amount of hours before it must be overhauled, that is called TBO (time between overhauls) if you have an engine that is just been rebuilt, it is much more valuable than the same engine nearing its TBO. So if you’re planning on intentionally crashing your plane, then you would pull that engine and put something less valuable in it. Which is exactly what he did. There are pictures of the original plane with a Lycoming engine and the engine in the crash video was a Continental. He even painted the head covers red like the original to hide that fact. Your Honor, the defense rest.
You can also see that the hole the engine sticks out of is much larger in his video then in the picture from the before picture. He also removed the step to get into the plane so he had to step on the strut to get in the plane. I suspect it was removed so he didn’t get snagged on his way out of the plane. You can also see the right fuel line to the right wing just dangling all willy nilly when it should have been attached to the wing line. The supposed water bottle that was in the rear of the plane, is clearly sitting in the passenger seat next to him during the video. And lastly, in the previous picture and his video you can clearly see an antenna on the belly of the nose so that plane very much did have a radio. He just wanted people to think he was using a portable radio yet his headset jack was not plugged into anything but tucked neatly into his parachute straps so he didn’t choke himself out with the cord during the jump. Also, he had no classic signs of dehydration like dry dull looking teeth from dry mouth, eyes not sunken, speaking clearly throughout the entire video, no complaining of cramps/charley horses, and he certainly didn’t drink that river water like a typical dehydrated person would have, probably because he knew it would make him sick. And finally, it wasn’t a car he spotted in the end, it was an ATV vehicle and I suspect they were clearly waiting on him to pick him up. Why else would he show his face throughout the entire video but when he starts speaking to the people who saved him he doesn’t show their face or his face, nor does he ever ask to show his followers the people who saved him. And I highly doubt he ever heard a mooooo sound because I’ve never seen farmers keep their cattle where there is very little to no grass and no access to clean water unless they absolutely had to. There’s no such thing as mountain cows. I can’t believe that he videoed everything from the beginning of the flight to the crash, to him finding people but he doesn’t even record the ride and what all the people did for him after finding him. As I said I’m no pilot or anything but I’m most definitely calling bs because I have never seen any other pilots fly with hiking boots, a parachute, fire extinguishers attached to their legs, go pros at every angle but only show the bare minimum, and yes they do die but they don’t die when hooked up to battery packs that one camera shows it’s clearly blinking the red light but 2 minutes later it’s suddenly showing off and no footage is ever used from that camera. Yes I’m talking about the camera he had in the plane that would have showed an over the shoulder view of all his gauges and how he made the plane stall and how he pointed it nose down instead of setting up for best glide speed.
It's not that simple though. Adding equipment that was not originally installed is not easy. If the aircraft was originally certified with one engine that is the ONLY type of engine you can install without lots of paperwork and research. Not to mention the fabrication required to swap the engine mount and fit it to the airframe. Possible but no way he did the work and it definitely wouldn't be as cheap as just swapping the engine
For someone who "Always fly's with a parachute", it's odd how he's NEVER seen wearing one in any of his other video (when he's the pilot). His other videos seem to indicate that he only ever wears a parachute in aircraft he KNOWS he's going to be jumping out of.
I'm not defending the guy but if I was his attorney, I'd say that his conviction in that statement is from when he heard whatever scary story from a friend onward. I always wear a helmet longboarding, but that wasn't the case previously. Additionally, I think he's only got a couple plane videos that anybody could say are not representative of every time he's flown. You can also interpret those words as he's always got a parachute on board while flying which could put it out of sight in other videos. Again, not defending but just demonstrating a defense to this
Always flying with a parachute could mean he has it tucked away in the back whenever he flies. Odd that the time he uses it he's wearing it though. Would have been smarter for him to pull it out and put on, then he could pretend he always has it stored in back.
If your engine would fail and you had family, ans 4 parachutes. Wouldn't you skydive instead? I. Would.. Its just they wanna make you not being able to so what Cooper did....
@@vitkomusic6624 rely on other 3 people know how to use parachute (that's assume parachutes work in the first place) is worse than let one person who know what he's doing to save all people by landing his plane.
@@vitkomusic6624 just like a firearm... the USER (one pullin the trigger or one in the pilots seat) IS RESPONSIBLE TILL THE ENERGY IS DISSAPATED..... plane crashing, making fire, energy hasn't dissapated yet... you don't just JUMP OUT....
The "strange" pitch-down trimming you mentioned: He had to bring the plane to near stall (slow down to the max - "pumping the controls) to stop the propeller from windmilling. This creates a considerable risk of hitting the horizontal stabilizer (at the rear of the plane) when exiting the plane. By trimming pitch down, the plane lifts its tail the moment he lets go of the controls, hence, reduces this risk. Another clear indicator of a fully deliberate crash.
And he had to stop the windmilling bc the average RU-vid audience wouldn't understand that the engine "wasn't working" if it was still turning, so he'd get crap from the other side of the debate claiming he jumped prematurely...
@Shawn P oh, thank you. I was just wondering that 😅 So there's no other reason you'd need the prop to stop windmilling? Btw I thought windmilling might be helpful in restarting the engine, no?
I had an engine failure in a Cub (#4 cylinder visibly trying to separate). Cut mags and fuel, slowed to stop the windmilling (the vibration was violent). I did not jump out of the plane. I did what I was trained to do because the training always made sense to me. "You train like you fight because you fight like you train." Circumstances were no "gimme" but I calmly hit my marks and set her down without further damage. Dismount the plane and THEN there was a bit of "HOLY $H^T." I don't tell this story much because I don't want to sound braggy, but I was proud of myself. And then this goober pulls this. It's best we never meet.
It felt so sad watching that perfectly functioning, long surviving 80 yr old plane be abandoned so unnecessarily and allowed to crash so unceremoniously like that. Watching It's last, undignified landing after 80 years of service as it so gracefully and beautifully descended was heart wrenching.
these scumbag people that only care about themselves will do anything possible for fame and fortune. If they had too they would destroy our own planet to somehow get to that point our species is like some kind of failed experiment
"Now, there are many reasons to have a pressurized container on you" LOL Petter trying so hard to be diplomatic this entire video, I couldn't do it, hats off
On you, sure. Hidden up your pants leg making it very hard to get to and use... NO. If I'm on fire, I don't want to have to shimmy a bottle out of my boot.
@@mikesmith4644 well, I think, if the plane catches fire at the crash-scene, then he could extinguish the flames. So he could have saved his GoPros for the Video, and a possible wild-fire could have been prefented. That was my first thought. And this might also be the reason, why he didn't look for a good landing-spot with his parachute, but followed the plane. So he had the chance to extingish a possible fire.
@@hansihamburg2496 Which is a lovely bit of optimism in all this: if that grass had caught fire in any significant way, that wildfire was happening, with or without extinguishers. Dry grass and brush like that is only different from kindling in that it has not been picked up and put in a box marked "kindling," - by the time he got there, the mountain would be well on its way to being on fire...like the *whole* mountain on fire. That kind of fuel spreads fires *fast*.
I'm not convinced, it could be simply air getting into the pant leg and inflating his pants.... not that I think this entire crash wasn't staged.. that's obvious.
As of today, this little P.O.S. is permanently grounded by the FAA. On behalf of all us that will never be able to become pilots (for whatever reasons), I say, thank you, FAA.
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Nope, just for a year. Officially. He can then reapply for certification, and… may well not get it because of this stunt. But I'm far from being an expert on aviation law in the US (I hardly know anything about it), so… I suspect 1 year is the maximum the FAA can dish out at this juncture, but this thing will probably factor into the recertification process. IOW, it very much looks like it probably will be permanent. We'll see in a year (and I'm sure a lot of people will watch out for any(!) news of any attempt at recertification on his part)
@ Yes and no. He has to apply to the FAA for a new license. They look at his past, see he crashed a plane on purpose, risking damage to others and they don't have to give him another license. So, it's revoked for a year. That's all they can do. But they never have to allow him to get another one when he reapplies.
Good one. Many years ago in the "Fastnet" yacht race off the UK a severe storm was encountered and many took to their liferafts fearing their yacht would founder. Large loss of life, but the point being many abandoned yachts were found still floating safely after the storm. If the crew had stayed with it instead of the liferaft many more would have survived.
Exactly. I'm no sailor nor aviator personally. But I got the impression from various books, movies, etc. that bailing out was always the LAST resort after trying plans A-Z failed to resolve the emergency. For example, how many test pilots have died while still working the problem rather than give up and eject?
He’s wearing a sport parachute rig which is designed as a primary means of descent. This means he also has a reserve in case of a failure with the main. He’s as safe as every sport parachute jump at hundreds of drop zones every weekend.
"Fly the plane until the last piece stops moving" The exact words of my flight instructor, and that Taylorcraft could have easily reached ground flat enough to make a completely undamaged landing. When they were designed, purpose-designed airports were few and far between so most general aviation flights were from ordinary fields, and it is designed with that in mind. With decent piloting skills, even quite steep slopes can be managed - just dive to gain airspeed, then follow the slope upwards at 18" elevation until speed decays enough that gravity is greater than lift. But he even had flat valley floors available to him, with nice rivers and sandbars which recreational pilots make trips to visit in aircraft similar to his.
Michael Smith was the pilot of the Challenger space shuttle, and tapes showed he kept flying up to literally the last second when he said, "Oh shit." That's the way to fly. Much respect to the memory of Michael Smith and the entire crew. (The Christian Science Monitor ran a Danziger cartoon after the crash. Classroom, flag, books, chalkboard ... empty. Desk name plaque "Mrs. McAuliffe". I cut it out, framed it.)
Was in Civil Air Patrol. Squadron had a Beechcraft T-34 [225hp Lycoming] - 2 seater, aerobatic, sweeeet to fly. It had parachutes for seat cushion, with 5 pt harness. Figured I would learn to use the parachute when a wing fell off. Otherwise, I knew how to land it in a tennis court & walk away from wreckage [hyperbole, would need a couple trees to take out wings to slow it down in such a small space. Better to find a highway or a field and try to end up with something flyable after repairs.]
Fun fact: I applied for and received my concealed fire extinguisher permit last week. Unfortunately it's not applicable in the state of California. Trevor must have gotten his before this flight.
Hey Peter, when I decided to leave my engineering degree to become a pilot about 4 years ago I found your channel. Since then I have finished my ATPL and have found a job with Ryanair, next month I start my type rating. Thank you for your great content and the motivation you give to lots of people like me.
I am thinking about leaving social care work and joining team pilot as well. And that is the captains fault (and the handling of the coronavirus by our government, but lets not talk about this here)
What Trevor did, makes as much sense as: Jumping out of your car while still going 70 miles on the highway just because the 'check engine light' came on. I hope the FAA and company throws a book at him at least the size of the maintenance history log of a 747.
I have been a IFR private pilot since the early 70s. Over 11,000 hr's Logged. I have designed, build and test flown many aircraft. And I have had my fair share of incidences. But I have never used or carried a parachute. And a pilot would not wear that type of chute. As said there are smaller ones plus there are seat cushion ones as well. With the glide ratio of the taylorcraft he likely had a good 15 miles at which he could have looked for a place to land. But even in the video clips you can see many places where he could have set that airplane down. Like at the 11-minute Mark. By the way he was wearing a headset that had a microphone attached. So he obviously had a radio. So who was he talking too? His buddies in the Jeep waiting for him? The right-wing tank was likely empty. On fact that's why you see the fuel rigging just hanging. Besides draining you want to make sure it's aired out nicely. Then you would carry just the fuel you needed in the other tank after all rules didn't matter to him. Bad acting all the way around. And way too stupid to cover his bases. ... I'm sure the fire extinguishers was just in case there was a fire. Of there was a fire by the time he reached the plane it would have been too late. But once again he's stupid. Tampering with the accident scene in any way is not acceptable. But he did have to retrieve his cameras. Lol Which brings us to another point tampering with an accident scene is not just against the FAA rules it's a federal crime. Any helicopter recovery service knows it is not to be removed. And by doing so it makes them an accomplice. Then there were many accomplices in the crime committed. No one's felt the fury of the government unless it's IRS or EPA. And few corporate entities are as bad as insurance companies if indeed he had it insured. He likely didn't since he's a rich entitled spoiled brat. Just a child in a man's skin use to being bailed out. I understand he has other videos of himself flying. He is not wearing a parachute in those. I know nothing of the jackass Punk. But if he is in the Olympics they need to kick his ass off the team. And right after he talked about his friends ashes, he talked of his sponsor. They are now getting a phone call every day. You see technically they sponsored this fraud. 🤠🐂🏞️🛩️
@@travelbugse2829👍 just seeing if you were paying attention.lol Thanks, edited again! I have arthritis in my hands, so I dictate. As you can imagine auto correct gets me a lot. And I don't proof read as well as I should.
@@Ozarkprepper643 I haven't flown a plane ever and even to me it's very clear that guy in the video is faking it. All of these details prove it. Really careless guy, destroys a working plane and risks wildfire.
100 percent agree with all of this. I have had to do 1 deadstick landing in over 40 years of general aviation and coming from a gliding background I didn't even consider it particularly stressful once I had spotten options for places to put it down. I just told my passenger I wouldn't charge him extra for the gliding lesson and landed it. This guy is an absolute disgrace to the aviation community and should never be allowed to fly again IMHO.
What angers me about this whole thing is you can land a prop in a ihop car park, a highway, a field, somewhere clear. Pilots are literally trained to try to figure out what the problem could be, call a pan pan or mayday, and try to find somewhere suitable to land. Obviously an airport is preferable, but you can easily look in the news and see pilots who’ve landed their props on highways or fields, because they want to get on the ground as safely as possible. Even with no engine you can still glide to a safe location, and I don’t know any normal pilot who would abandon ship at the first sign of trouble! I really hope the FAA hammer him for this, because this is beyond negligent.
@@unarmored9973 He likely got more injuries landing the parachute where he chose to steer it than he would have by making a controlled landing in the aircraft.
What I found most inspiring about this video is the end, where Petter discusses the responsibility you bear as a content creator. Petter has never made a secret about his goals of making Mentour the largest aviation media hub. But this shows just how much integrity is involved by diligently following ethical guidelines and other principles to the letter. That fills me with a great deal of respect for Petter, as I hope many others will too!
I really respect the quality and ethics of the content Petter posts!! The only thing that I struggle with is the rapidly increasing commercialisation of his main channel...? He currently has pre-roll, post-roll and MULTIPLE mid-roll YT ads running, plus in-feed sponsor sections, plus pushes for his own products such as the Mentour Aviation app. It's getting to the point that the videos are quite hard to watch simply due to the constant commercial interruptions, alas 😔 No objection whatsoever to YT creators making a living from their work, but I do feel the proportion of informative to ad content has shifted drastically over the history of the channel, and has now become problematic...? Particularly puzzling to me given Petter also has his pilot's job, so is not dependent on YT ad & sponsor income for survival.
@@anna_in_aotearoa3166 Not problematic for me. His videos are incredibly long, well researched and well delivered. That takes a hell of a lot of work, which he does out of his spare time. There are a fair few ads but worth it to get access to such great content for free.
That statement was the moment I clicked the like button, which I all so often forget to do here on youtube. This channel atm is by far my favourite one about aviation. This guy just does it right.
The most youtubers want attention for more money but don't want responsibility for what they do in their videos. At the end exactly something total stupid like this happens.
Not only was he wearing a skydiving rig, he even had his altimeter strapped to his wrist so he was clearly planning to use it! I wonder if he recorded this in his jumps log book?! 🤣
I havent seen the one on the wrist but at 15:15 you can see the altimeter mounted to the left leg strap close to the body. Quite unusual position that I have never seen on others during my skydiving. Personally I would not mount it there due to the bad visibility.
@Will Swift not a skydiving rig. Way too bulky and uncomfortable. And for regular flying you normally don't need an additional reserve parachute. When you jump out of a regular airplane you already use the reserve 😂
Update: On May 11, 2023, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California announced that Jacob pleaded guilty to a felony charge of "destruction and concealment with the intent to obstruct a federal investigation"
Mentour, you may have missed one RU-vid pilot who flew his plane right over the exact same spot and altitude in a similar plane, and simulated a loss of engine then properly set it up to glide - aiming for the nearest airport. He glided over that airport at 3,000 ft altitude, with plenty of opportunity to safely land on a runway. You were right, these types of aircraft are very good at gliding after engine failure. Btw - his video now has 1.4 million views... another sad influence that might trigger copycats hungry for clicks. 🤨
I did it on flight sim 2020 yesterday, I had no intention of making an airport though. I wanted to see if I could land somewhere near to where he let the plane fall to its death. I landed it on a steep hill, it was slightly rough but I landed it. I’ll try post the video today. I’m not 100% sure but I feel it was at least close by to where he was, I seen the river bed, at least it looked very similar but I left it too long to turn and make that but I seen a steep hill and landed it there instead. He had many options, jumping out was never 1 of them.
One of the reasons I haven't watched the jerks original video didn't want to add to his numbers. I have no doubt I haven't watched the video you've linked but looking at the topography once you're over that Ridge it drops into a valley with a Runway below. I've been if pilot since the early 70s many in my family are. Just a few months ago my great nephew who is 20 yr old lost engine power on his Mooney. When trying to restart it he noticed the fuel pressure was low. So they shut down the fuel pumps. Set up his best glide ratio and searched for the closest Runway. Contacted the tower and went through his emergency checklist. After Gliding Over 12 MI he made uneventful dead-stick Landing. He said he likely could have easily glided another five miles. That's in an aircraft with nearly twice weight for about the same Wing area. The man's a joke. my next trip to Arizona I'm thinking of going a little further and check out the crash site for myself. 🤠🐂🏞️🛩️
I’m not in the aviation community and your channels are my only link to this kind of information, therefore I had not heard anything about this. Obviously I’m in no position to judge whether this was a true emergency, but I really value your appeal at the end of the video. It appears so many of us have lost a sense of responsibility to others that is vital to being a member of any community. Most of the really huge channels (unfortunately also primarily viewed by children) have very damaging messages. In addition, although your skepticism is clear, I appreciate your restraint. You have evaluated this and given him the same grace and respect that you give to the commercial pilots you normally cover. He may not deserve it, but you are clearly more interested in the value of teaching us something than in garnering views through manufacturing outrage. I look forward to each of your videos because I always learn so much, even though I will never fly a plane. I’m very glad you decided to cover this.
@@MentourNow I am thinking about the question whether it is good or not to take your own two cents on a case like this. On the pro side there are many things we can learn from it and understanding how these events like single engine failure work in a real world situation. The con side is the fact that even more people got news about a guy who possibly even could crash his plane and glide into a shrubbery just for the fame of more likes and followers. This is the case of "let's take a selfie at the edge of the cliff-and beyond" mentality and my trouble is: if there are ten thousand more people to know about this story, 9.800 will understand it is stupid but 200 will follow-but first they will find out an even more stupid, lethal, damaging, etc. way. We Hungarians have a saying: "God's zoo is tremendously big. And the fence is way too low."
@@B2BWide That’s a good saying! I think Trevor Jacob is one of those rich kids with more money than intelligence. That’s probably enough of a fence to keep most poor fools from trying to imitate him.
He could clear all of this confusion about what happened up in moments, by releasing the full, unedited videos from all his gopros with no gaps or missing portions. I wonder why he hasn't...
what makes me angry about this is the potential for starting a wildfire. as we all know, in California, this is a serious issue and that should concern people.
Thanks for the bit about ethics at the end. The world has become such a screwed up place with so little regard for truth and morality that it's nice when someone with some influence says something like this.
As far back as I remember (iow, part of human nature, not a recent phenomenon) people with questionable ego problems think " If he can do it, so can I. And I'll be better!" And a copycat scourge is born. If the president can lie, why cant I? If cops can steal, why cant I? Never thought about shooting up a school. So can I!
Trevor is screwed. End of story. I'm glad the RU-vidrs out there put the pieces of this puzzle together to bring light to what he has done, and what NOT to do in General Aviation.
@@locklear308 Maybe, but it's going to be hard to talk his way out of this... bailing out of a perfectly gliding aircraft _designed_ to land on unimproved surfaces. And he just happened to be flying with a full skydiving shute. Plus the gopro angles are immediately suspect -- why put one on the wing aimed at the door other than to get that bail-out shot?
It's obviously orchestrated. From the plane pitched downward to the removed foot peg that could hang him up to keeping his friend in a ridge wallet. It's all obvious bs but his narrative is that he was scared to risk a crash landing after hearing a story and taking any time to glide would eliminate the time to pull a schute and all dumb decisions were amplified from stress till he hit the eject. He will say the extinguisher was installed last minute for fear of forest fire and the pant leg was used to anchor it down for free fall. That would also line up with needing to get to the wreck in case of a fire also water is there and his go pros regardless of intention. I'm certain he will be charged with unauthorized maintenance, failure to follow protocol in an engine failure, and removing the wreckage against protocol. It will be interesting to see if the FAA will be able to use those things to establish undeniable intent. Even though this was undeniably intended.
This reminds me of an incident in northern Sweden where a Cessna 206 lost its propeller during the climb. In the back were four parachuters. The pilot told the parachuters to remain seated and landed the plane on a frozen lake. The report number is RL 2000:47 (in Swedish).
@@nemo-x I havent read the report, but I guess that since the plane was still climbing they might have been too close to the ground for a safe jump. Perhaps landing on a frozen lake was the safest option. Just guessing though.
I have have 2 total engine fails, and 2 partial falis, landed my aircraft safely every time and only once in a paddock, where we had to take the wings off and load it on a large trailer, I think it is more dangerous parachuting than force landing in a aeroplane
Arguably yes and no. It depends on the terrain under you and your experience with a parachute. If I was flying over rough terrain with nowhere safe to land I would get out. If I was over flat land I would stay in the aircraft. I know if I did bail out, I can control the 'chute, it's not an issue for me personally. But if I have never used a 'chute before I would be in deep shit, with a good chance of being killed.
The thing that jumps out me is how quickly he decided to abandon the airplane. A little plane like that can land just about anywhere and I would have to think that there should have been somewhere within glide range he could reach. Also, he made no attempt to reach a suitable landing spot or try to restart the engine.
That video is incredibly stupid. Even if it was a real emergency, who would simply jump off in a situation like that? It's like a truck driver jumping off the cab when he loses brakes. "Fuck everything, I'll save my ass!"
You have to be a malignant narcissist to think you're going to pull off a stunt like this that will probably get noticed... and imagine NOT A SINGLE PILOT is going to realize the number of convenient & inconvenient scenarios that would have to line up for this to be real.
The fact that he filmed himself from so many angles really speaks to the narcissism part!! It’s amazing how many frauds and negligent acts people would be better able to get away with if they did NOT insist on filming themselves and posting it on social media!! 🤣 The fact that this guy thought recording and posting himself DB Coopering it out of his jerry-rigged aircraft and with such terrible acting to boot is really hilarious and sad at the same time.
I think this is why the fire extinguisher(s) are so funny. Even if everything else lined up, why the frikkin frakkin firetruck would anyone strap fire extinguishers to their legs prior to flying the plane. The fire extinguishers demolish any doubt.
I suspect it isn't pilots he's trying to impress, though. That's the problem- that non-pilots might think this is legit/admirable behaviour because they don't know any different. Though I'm not a pilot, I have worked in an industry where safety is paramount, and know people in similar jobs like safety critical engineering, and I know an idiot when I see one, so I'm not impressed. Sadly, not everyone is as good at spotting idiots, unfortunately. Oddly enough, another aspect of my background is theatre, and I also know a lousy actor when I see one, which also helped......
@@MarcosElMalo2 I presume the potential jail time if he was responsible for negligently starting a forest fire in a national forest was what he was worried about. So hey, a couple of small bottles of fire extinguishers are sure to be enough to prevent that.
I'm a licensed aircraft mechanic for over 30 years, who has restored MANY vintage fabric covered aircraft. The first thing I noted when I saw this staged video was the severe corrosion on the wing struts. There is no way this aircraft was airworthy and that will hopefully be a large issue with the FAA, if they are interested?? Since there were no human injuries or property damage, I wonder how much time the FAA will invest in this investigation? Hopefully, the huge interest this video will cause the FAA to clamp down on him, and his monetary sanctions will prevent others from attempting a similar stunt.
Apparently there was a notification requiring the replacement of these struts if they had corrosion on them on this model a few years ago - probably why it was for sale so cheap.
That's exactly what I saw! I'm not even an expert in aviation but know I wouldn't fly something even with just surface rust. He definitely bought a "cheap beater" to crash.
@@junpower010 As an engineer, I'm not too bothered by surface rust on its own, but even without the FAA notification I'd be wanting it attended to ASAP.
Considering how flammable the state of California is these days I would hope any federal agency would put a fair bit of effort into investigating this.
I took a screenshot of the fuel selector, it’s clearly in the ‘OFF’ position, but just slightly open. I suspect the tank is empty, and this length of fuel line is the total fuel on board. This is something one does with stunt cars to avoid fire, and the selector is only slightly open to allow draft, and it’s mounted high to get a few pounds of fuel pressure via gravity. This is clearly a fake emergency. I’d be interested to see of anybody he knows got a media production stunt crash permit of some sort.
I'm sure he ran it dry before he ditched. Also, he used a plane with no electrical system to cause a fire. To my way of thinking, this was utterly premeditated.
@@johnwest7993 It's an incredible mix of smart and stupid, isn't it? "Well I'd better not have any fuel in it or a functioning electrical system, because the risk of starting a fire is too high, but I'm still going to purposely crash an aircraft for RU-vid views." It's a lot like saying, well I'm not going to slather myself in barbecue sauce but I'm still going to punch this polar bear in the face.
@@johnwest7993 He had an electrical system. Look at the video again. He's wearing a headset and mic, so he had a radio and therefore an electrical system.
FAA-“Why did you have fire extinguishers taped to your legs?” Trevor-“In case the crash started a forest fire in mountainous terrain.” He also had the peace of mind to get out the selfie stick and film himself after departing the aircraft.
Petter, your ending comments were some of the best teaching you have ever done. "With great reach comes great responsibility" and "it has to be both positive and constructive". This is why you spend so much time in the simulator training other pilots. And I'm fairly sure that when you run those scenarios there isn't a bit where the flight crew straps on parachutes, fire extinguishers and does a checklist for the nearest exit.
Mentour Pilot represents what's good about RU-vid - factual, well researched, insightful and interesting content that serves a purpose to the wider community. Trevor Jacobs seems to be the opposite, representing everything that's wrong with the selfish "influencer culture" that operates on pure narcissism and doesn't care what damage they do if it gets them views.
I remember the first time I saw the video. “Why is he jumping out? The plane is stable. There’s no fire. He isn’t about to hit a mountain,” I thought. Now if the plane was uncontrollable, on fire or aimed at a cliff, jumping might be the best option, but he had none of that. (This is just conjecture -->)If he was over rough ground, that plane being so light, could probably be stalled a few feet above brush for a soft crash.
As a outside observer I spotted two things that were noteworthy: 1. The engine wanted to windmill so it wasn't siezed from an oil failure, mechanical failure or overheating. 2. When you highlighted the river valley, at the very bottom is a very straight white line... landing strip?
that weird fuel contraption possibly was recently installed in order to use a bladder tank possibly located in the cockpit for fuel. I am guessing he did not use fuel in the wing tanks, and indeed would have made sure they were empty to prevent a fire. He used fuel he can see from the cockpit using a bladder tank maybe on the floor or on the seat so he can plan and time the "engine failure". MY OPINION
Best message on this video: "With great reach comes great responsibility." Thank you for your professional and restrained review of this "incident." I look forward to the final report on this one. If I show up for a flight on a small plane and the pilot is wearing a parachute, he or she is flying without me !
@@MentourNow and the GoPro that's over his right shoulder, pointed forward, is on a handle (a white The Handler floating hand grip to be precise) and just tucked up in the frame. It's the one he grabs before he bails out. Convenient that it was tucked up there and that there is video from it after he bailed but not before. I'm guessing he didn't just turn it on before he jumped, so there is video of the control panel (or there was).
And the stable shot of the plane below, and the stable panning. That is not a handheld GoPro but a drone. It is obviously consistet with motorized panning the way it is stable, then pan, then stable.
The first time I saw this I thought “someone else landed the plane, and footage switched to an RC plane that crashed”, on hearing he let the real plane crash my opinion has switched to “what an absolute danger to society bellend, hope the feds throw the entire library at him so no-one else, ever thinks about doing this, ever again”
Amazing how you made this as an opportunity to remind us about actual safety precautions. We by the way are one of those examples of Aviators with a plenty of GoPros on the plane, without ever wearing parachutes or compromising on safety.
Is it possible that as a result of Trevor’s stunt, the FAA will crack down on unauthorized exterior camera mounts on certified planes? Or is this risk being exaggerated?
@@Stettafire I had a heavy DSLR with a big heavy three pad mounting on some glider planes on the outer end of the wing. Before the first flight I was concerned about drag, weight and leverage. I used only the mounting for test. With no noticeable effect. After that flight I did it with the DSLR. Same! No noticable effect. In some countrys it is not legal do that. My biggest concern is to loose the (heavy) camera or a GoPro and it hits something, or more severe, someone and doing a lot damage. So the heavy camera and mounting I only used over no populated areas. And I did that the last time years ago. On the other hand I had a GoPro mounted on the fuselage of a Ask-21 and the air vortex of that camera was clearly noticeable on the elevator of the T-tail with slightly stick shaking when I was pulling G's...
The prop windmilling again was the real icing on the cake. He was probably so disappointed in editing that it started spinning again (probably very shortly after he jumped), spoiling the "dead engine" visuals for people who don't know planes.
It’s almost like airplanes are designed to fly, and glide. There was plenty of time and space to land this aircraft safely. I just imagine the Captain of the Gimli glider watching this shaking his head.
I feel so sad for the plane, just look at how beautifully it flies on its own, TRIMMED DOWN. I swear the only way you crash in this plane is a structural failure like wing falling off, which is, again, very highly unlikely to happen this far out but rather during take off, since it is actually subjected to some stress during the climb. Regardless, the actual probability of this ever happening due to negligence is so negligible I'd consider it premediated. RIP for the poor plane
So I live in this area. I was hiking in that area only a few days before this event. He could easily have set down in a the farming valley of New Cuyama (actually the area he was picked up after he hiked out). There are a ton of farm roads, pastures, fields, and open spaces. He could probably have even made Santa Ynez airport. And very likly he could have made the that area to land his parachute in that area even after he ditched but he came down basically with the plane-which makes no sense. That said...the area the plane come down is quite rough and if a fire started it would have been hard to control. Yes we have had a wet winter so far but have been very dry for years and are still in drought. Hell we have a fire going the next (usually wetter) county north as I write this. This stunt is bloody dangerous. Further local newspapers have been talking about him removing the wreck before the NTSB visited the site. Which, if true, would be a major thing.
My impression is that this guy is a narcissist with too much money and time on his hands, who is influenced too much by "reality" TV, who bought a damaged aircraft at a very cheap price, who chose an unpopulated area where chances were he wouldn't kill someone (at least he thought of that), and deliberately staged an air crash. I really hope the FAA and then law enforcement make him regret planning this video for years to come (jail time, huge debts due to fines, or both).
My SMH moment of this analysis is that he had the opportunity to parachute closer to civilization. Instead he chose to parachute as close to the gopro cameras. He even was scanning the sky for the aircraft, not to avoid hitting it, but to follow it down.
Actually... to me, if someone legit had to bail, I'd understand his drive to get close to the wreck to aid against any harm it did. It would be better to get to civilization to report it, but a sense of responsibility might cloud that decision.
@@C.Church I get what you are saying, but why did he have them under his pants? Why did he have two? It all feels messed up. I hope for his sake that he had a legitimate situation there.
@@thesparkypilot Oh I getcha. To me it appears he had a mystery pack in his other leg*. But just 'chuting close, to me, just on it's own thing of getting closer isn't a smh thing. With everything else, yeah I agree. Lol *(map compass batteries first aid water tabs? I never noticed the stuffed legs before and I'd always thought he'd do well to take survival gear "But how? Where?" Seeing the stuffed legs vindicated my idea to pack survival gear if you know you'll be in the wild. I'd bet in a game show that leg contains gear lol)
As a non-pilot, I view Trevor’s STUNT as a perfect example of a total lack of responsibility. First, deliberately (TBD by the FAA) crashing a vintage aircraft, and, second, crashing it into the dry, dry, fire-prone California landscape. After the FAA’s report is released, I hope that you’ll make a video about it.
not a totally lack of responsibility, he obviously planed exactly where he will crash the plane and how. Maybe also reduced the risk that a fire could be started (maybe the plane simply run out of fuel) and he even had a fire extinguisher with him and risked to land in unsafe terrain to be closer to the crashed plane. But his plans ended at the crashed plane and he never thought himself if this was at all a really good idea. Who knows since when he had this idea in mind, maybe even before he get that plane. I do not want to excuse anything with it, only I think that he was not so stupid that he carried out the whole thing without planning everything exactly. There are too many things that he obviously planned for and how he should react in which situations that speak against it. For me a more or less "good" planned stunt from a totally stunt amateur.
@@Hoto74 It's hardly a "good" stunt when he could've caused a wildfire even without any fuel on. Metal has a tendency to create sparks on impacts against itself. Also, while the region is barren there was a still a chance of someone going there for whatever business. If they didn't look that plane with engine off could've taken them quite off guard. Not to mention even if YOUR stunt was planned perfectly (which this wasn't by any account) it'll still set a dangerous example for other money hungry youtube creators to follow. One of the copycats you inspire will do it much worse and crash their aircraft on someone's house. There simple is NO good (or "good") way to plan this kind of stunt responsibly. All of the possible ways are incredibly irresponsible.
@@Hoto74 If i had a saying in all that, I'd make him recover that airplane all by himself, by hand, walking and carrying it all the way back to the airport...
Frustrating thing is, some of us would’ve loved that plane. Could’ve been donated to a flight school or an A&P School. If he’s innocent I don’t think he shouldn’t be flying solely judging by the impulsive, illogical decisions he made. Thankfully he showed everyone what not to do for RU-vid clout! Thanks for covering this Peter!
6 months for obstruction. I just got around to watching reactions of this and you were *so* nice to this dude in your review. Gave him a lot of credit where it wasn't due.
"With great reach comes great responsibility" well said. And...if there is any justice, great accountability. Thanks for a thoughtful and measured analysis of this event.
I'll be getting into flight school at around 32 to 33 of age and hopefully getting my ATPL by 36 or so. I know it's late but dreams are made to be chased and I just want you to know you're one of the reasons for it, you're a huge influence on me and such an amazing person ❤️🙏🏻
So sad, I remembered a Chinese fighter pilot stayed in his jet after a mechanical failure. He decided not punching out because he feared it will crash into someone/property. He lost his life when the jet slammed into ground (the jet don't have 0-0 capability back then).
There were a number of cases when fighter jets or bombers continued flying after the pilot(s) ejected, sometimes with damage or even victims on the ground thousands of kilometres away. E.g. in 1989 a Soviet Mig-23 crashed into a building in Belgium killing one person. The pilot experienced irregularities on takeoff and interpreted afterburner shut off as engine failure, so he ejected. The engine was fine as it turns out, and the plane continued westward on autopilot for an hour.
That’s very sad, but also such an amazing example of heroism and thoughtful piloting. While I don’t condone his actions, even the man who flew a stolen plane as his final wish before using it to commit suicide showed more concern about the public below than this guy.
@@annab.5724 In that case the ATC did an excellent job of trying to guide the "pilot" to minimize third party risk. It also proved the importance of on ground security. IIRC that incident cost about $100 M.
He was a hero, like countless others who have done the same thing, such as the helicopter pilot a few years ago who crashed in NYC in a way that minimized loss of life. Another pilot that comes to mind is the US military pilot who took to the air on 9/11/01 knowing her plane was unarmed and that she might have to use it as a missile itself. Thanks to the Let's Roll passengers she did not have to. I have nothing but admiration for them and her.
As a pro pilot, spending all my life in aviation, struggling to be as professional as possible, I find this guy to be a living insult to all people who work hard to make flying safe. I do hope he goes to jail for a long, long time.
Oh come on it was a funny video I reckon let's not take things so seriously! I've flown single engine aircraft too and this was just a cool video! What do you think?
Even if all of what happened was legit, it still shows that he is in no way capable of flying an airplane, which should pretty much incriminate him as well. I really doubt there's any way that this will end well for him (and given the damage he could've done with the plane either vs. other people, or animals, rightfully so.)
The funny thing is that we don’t want to rush to judgement, but if you examine the video and follow the commentary I doubt you will find a single legit thing about the entire escapade. It’s like a ball of loose threads. Nothing about his story holds together. Even the least consequential thing-the ashes for example-has the aroma of bullsh¡t. As far as whether it will end well for him, I get the impression that he has wealthy parents that will pay his fines, hire a lawyer for him, and continue to bankroll his “adventurer lifestyle”. He will very likely lose his pilot license, but I am not going to hold my breath that he will ever go to prison for this incident.
@@Brandespada after trevor bailed it seemed like the plane was doing it's best to glide. The airframe was totally intact, he had lot of altitude, and his own video showed a ton of decent landing spots.
He put everyone's lives in that area at risk. He needs thrown in jail. The ONLY reason he had a fire extinguisher strapped to his leg was to put out the fire after it crashed so he could recover the videos and reduce his liability if something did happen. I think it was an elaborate plot to take his deceased friend (The ashes) on a final, crazy ass trip.
Y'know, most of me thinks it wasn't even about his friend at all. Views and fame- that's all he wanted. Taking the ashes with him was just for sympathy points. I can't honestly believe that he actually cared that much for his friend. Yes, it sounds heartless on my part, but considering this guy likely used his friend's death for his own benefit, it really doesn't measure up. This little stunt of his now taints the memory of his friend like graffiti on a gravestone.
I was not convinced that your coverage of this incident could have added anything that hadn't been already said (BTW Trent's video really was excellent!). *But* .... after watching yours, it was really nice to see you apply *your* professional-oriented thought process to the incident, e.g. *Aviate-Navigate-Communicate...* (or in this case... *Deviate-Obfuscate-Evacuate-Regurgitate* LOL 😂). Very glad you decided to discuss it and IMHO, as always, very well done Petter!
Maybe Trevor took the fire extinguishers with him to fight a possible fire ensuing from his crashed plane. However as a volunteer firefighter I can see that trying to fight a bush fire with 3kg fire extinguishers is going to go south pretty quickly.
Fellow firefighter here, I agree, those fire extinguishers are basically good for putting out a trash can fire and not much else unless it's a fire that's just starting to catch. They're pretty much useless against an established fire.
I was on a short flight test with a pilot back in my avionics tech days when his main tank went dry. He focused on identifying the cause of the loss of power and immediately switched to the reserve to restore power, completely ignoring my presence (as he should). It appears this video shows a new order of priority: entertain, aviate, navigate, communicate. Remarkably irregular.
This air craft was registered to Trevor Jacobs 01/03/2022 over a month after the crash, as a CERTIFIED aircraft with a Lycoming engine listed. (Certified on this date, that’s not when the request was submitted.) The engine during the accident however is a continental that was hastily cleaned and valve covers painted in order to look like the Lycoming it’s certified with having 2: that camera in the cockpit you say you wanted to see, is actually the same camera he jumped with 3:notice the boarding step was removed from the wing strut. And if you look at how he dives out, you can pretty easily piece together that he took it off ahead of time so he wouldn’t accidentally be hung up on the aircraft as he ditched it. 4:Another Channel also broke down the impact frame by frame and there’s a lot of clear fluid escaping the wreckage and getting at least one camera wet. If it’s fuel, I’m astonished there was no fire. However if the disconnected wing tank contained water, instead of fuel. It would explain why it’s not attached to the fuel system, AND it may have been a measure to prevent brushfire, which would not only destroy his footage, but would cause much more attention to be hyper focused on him immediately
If you're right about the falsified registration (ie. wrong engine), then the aircraft wasn't legally registered when he flew it. In that case he's on the hook for a crime that could put him behind bars for a few years, regardless of the crash. Illegitimate repairs would mean the same thing - they'd mean the aircraft wasn't legally airworthy, which would automatically mean it also wasn't legally registered. I mean I'm still not sure he'll go to prison, but I wouldn't bet against it.
Years ago in Australia I bought and old Auster, but made the mistake of not getting a pre purchase check. Shortly after buying this plane I was flying over farmland at about 3000ft when the engine suddenly died. Some of the paddocks (fields) looked inviting, but I then sighted what appeared to be an airfield way in the distance, so thought that I would try to reach it. I did not have much experience in Austers and had no idea that they would practically glide forever. In fact I had to lose height with full flap, S turns and side slipping. Anyway touched down on this lovely runway, managed to start the engine and took off again. About 200 feet the engine died again, but managed to get down on the same runway. Some locals came over to see what I was up to and politely asked me to cease clutting up their airfield. Got the engine started again and managed to get home. I eventually found that the engine had a cracked crankcase, which caused the spark plugs to oil up. The solution was to buy a new engine.
I would guess he had the extinguisher for one of two reasons. 1. He always planned to land near the crash site to put out any potential fires to save and his camera's/youtube vid 2. Where it was strapped might possibly suggest it was a (home made)smoke trail things you sometimes see parachuters use while falling. Either way, it smells very premeditated to me.
That clown said he always flies with his parachute gear strapped on -- just in case. Now I'd expect him to say he also always flies with fire extinguishers strapped to his legs, too. Just in case, of course. I mean, wouldn't you?
the fire extinguisher tells us 3 things 1 he anticipated the "engine failure", of that there can be no doubt 2 he understood the risks associated with this stunt, including fire 3 he had help. yes. this was far too well planned for one guy. someone advised him this man should do time over this. he could have killed someone. you don't ever know who might be out there.
That's what I was thinking, what if the plane hit a hiker, camp, or someone hunting in the area. You just never know who might be on the trajectory of this falling aircraft. What a stupid stunt.
It wasn't that well planned. He could have easily planned it himself. I'm guessing that the risks to others didn't bother him very much. That's someone else's problem, and he is far more important than them.
The fact that he made no attempt to restart the engine or guide it safely down says it all. He probably had the area picked out where the engine would fail. I think he turned it off! Some of his comments almost seem planned out ahead of time.
I suspect he either didn't have the GoPro over his shoulder on, he removed and destroyed it, or if it's on and he left it in place we will REALLY know what happened when the FAA takes a look.
Somebody claimed that his engine turned off was where it was expected to based on the fuel burn on one tank. Part of this theory is that the pulling on the yoke might have been done to burn the remaining fuel.
I love how you always stay non-judgemental regardless of what a person does. Seems like a really good attitude towards people and events. Regarding the parachute, I mean, if I was a pilot I'd probably also try to have a good parachute with me at all times. Wouldn't wear it, of course, due to how uncomfortable it would be, but I'd like to have it somewhere in the plane close to me so that it would at least give me some peace of mind, like, "ok, this situation is pretty bad, but at least I have a parachute that I could use if things get even worse" like, I probably wouldn't even have time to put it on if things really got that bad, but it would help me to stay calm and prevent panic. Then again, if I was a pilot I'd probably had the mental strenght to remain calm and analytic even during severe issues, so maybe this only shows why I am not suitable to become a pilot lol. To answer your question, "why would anyone wear a concealed fire extinguisher under their pants?" I am pretty sure there can only be one clear answer: For self-defence, in case you get attacked by someone wielding a flamethrower. lmao. Regarding the whole "jumping out and abandoning the plane at the first hint of potential issues" thing, I think maybe there is a reason why pilots are called "captain" a term originally used for ships. Specifically in relations to the whole "rule" thing that the captain is the last one to leave the ship.
As a truck driver I have a dash cam and been in some situations that could of been deadly and when that situation happens you don't got time to get the perfect camera angle your survival instinct and training kicks in to survive or at least minimalize the situation. It seems counterintuitive but in a semi truck it's actually better to swerve to avoid an accident than to just slam on the brakes. Trucks are heavy and need a good amount of distance to stop but at the same that weight is your friend as you are glued to the road (dry conditions) and I've experienced this many times. This is definitely staged in my opinion. When something like this happens for real you are usually speechless as the shock kicks in.
I am not a pilot but this video is great ,I love the way that you dont place any blame but do explain the correct way that things should be done,It makes it so easy for people like me to see what is wrong and draw my own conclusion.... Thanks once again for a fantastic video👍👍
I'm not a pilot, so maybe my perspective on this is worthless, but it seems to me that if I were so scared of an engine failure over mountainous terrain that I felt I needed a full parachute rig to fly at all, I might instead avoid flying over mountainous terrain at all until I could overcome the fear, or learn the skills mentioned in the video to restart the engines. 🤷🏻 Maybe there's something I'm not getting, or maybe I'm a wimpy baby coward, but that seems reasonable enough to me.
His stated flight route would have been virtually impossible to avoid flying over mountains. California has plenty of mountains, including the highest peak in the 48 contiguous states. Lompoc, the departure airport, is a valley in the midst of the Coast Ranges. Mammoth, the stated destination, is in a flat place near the ski resort in the Sierra Nevada. To begin with, he'd have to depart Lompoc, cross over Vandenberg AFB (I'm not sure if he would need special permission for that), then fly over the ocean. If something goes wrong over the ocean, and you can't get back to land, you'd be in a really bad situation. Most pilots would prefer mountains, I think. Next, he would have to fly south instead of north, and cross over the low lying areas of Ventura or Los Angeles County, perhaps following the Santa Clara River (which flows through mountains) out to the desert. Only then could he turn north and fly over some fairly desolate valleys on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada mountains to get to Mammoth airport. Mammoth Airport itself is a high altitude airport at over 7,000 feet, so it requires extra care for safe takeoffs and landings because the air is thinner and provides less lift for the wings. (Not sure my explanation is technically correct about the effect on aircraft.) Being that he is said to be an adventuresome type, I doubt he was scared of flying over mountains. Whether you or I are wimps, I'm sure that someone jumping out of an airplane the way he did is not a wimp. A fool maybe, but not a wimp.
@@exrobowidow1617 She didn't infer he was a wimp. She used the word to describe herself as likely avoiding the route altogether wheras he went right in.
You have videos on Mentour Pilot where pilots have left the gear up to minimize civilian damage or lost lives. They willing risked and gave their lives to help protect innocent bystanders. Doing something like this that’s so irresponsible could have killed someone other than himself. What if someone was hiking in those mountains? Once you release those controlled and jump you have no control over whose life you choice could ruin or end. Thankfully in this case the only person whose life he hurt was his own. I was thinking maybe the fire extinguishers would be to put out a potential fire so he could get his camera for his video.
One minor point I have to correct. You don't have to be a licensed A&P to work on an aircraft. You just have to be under the supervision of one. I know lots of pilots who do their own work and have it signed off. Perfectly legal and on the up and up. I'm not saying Trevor did this, I'm saying that this is allowed.
No it doesn't. I'm not defending the guy, but that's like driving your car and youre involved in a collision, you don't say my car crashed. It didn't drive on its own, it cant do anything.
@@jmangus83 Respectfully, I see your point but think of it this way, if you felt compelled to use "I" (which is obviously his favorite way to draw attention to himself) you might call the video, " 'I' had an accident. " but only and idiot would say, " Dude, 'I' crashed my car" or " 'I' wrecked my car " and not have everyone assume you meant that 'You' - crashed - your - car. If I posted a video titled, " 'I' shot my foot. " ... what would you expect to see? By way of example, I was run off the road on my Harley years back. I called my wife and said, "Baby, I'm OK ... but I was run off the road." I would never say, " Baby, 'I' crashed my bike. " The title of his post should more appropriately have been, " My engine failed over mountains! " or " 'I' had to bailout. " ... not " 'I' crashed my airplane" ^v^
I believe it’s a subconscious slip. It may have an been an ego thing as well: like, “I am to good a pilot to let plane make me crash. I have to crash it myself!”
@@jmangus83 - No, you say something like, "I was in a car accident" or "Some other dumb SOB ran into me," not "I crashed my car." Unless you actually DID do it intentionally.
My father was a commercial pilot for over 20 years .... he would never leave a controllable aircraft in favor of a parachute neither would he endanger others with dropping a plane like a stone (and obviously with the glide rate of this thing Trevor could have landed anywhere). Trevor is just careless regarding others and should not be allowed near airplanes at all.
Hope he gets jail time for this, think the FAA have a strong case for gross negligence of a pilot (hopefully the police or someone else will be able to use the FAA report as evidence). He bailed early, without panicking, with no control over where the aircraft was going to end up. What a muppet. What a tragic end for a beautiful aircraft. I'm glad you got my first view of this, because this idiot doesn't deserve jack for stupid stunts like this
Supposedly one local paper reported he hired a helicopter to lift the plane out, then cut it up and trashed it before the FAA/NTSB could look at it, If true then he is also interfering with an investigation. Also the airport he took of from said it was not an airworthy airplane and was for sale as a parts plane.
but we can't jail a people for crashing a piece of tech they own, can we? aside from potential fire hazard in the national park what else did he wrong, if it was intentional and planned to avoid 3rd party damage? why FAA might fine him and cancel his license?
@@jskratnyarlathotep8411 Beyond the crash itself, it it turns out he filed false information such as not reporting the engine swap or air worthiness or even incorrect reporting on the crash, those could be charges too.
@@jskratnyarlathotep8411 If you blow up your car on your own property, using legal explosives, with miles of security zone, probably nobody will prosecute you. If you do it on a public road, they definitely will. This is more or less what he was doing, when he let crash his plane, with no real idea where it is gonna end up.
Update: In May 2023, Jacob pleaded guilty to a federal felony charge of destroying the aircraft wreckage without authorization or supervision while lying to federal investigators about its disposition. Source: U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California. May 11, 2023.
The poor plane decided, rightly, it had to aviate and navigate on its own. And it did a decent job of it for a while, as much as a pilot-less aircraft could possibly hope for.
This is where he stops aviating lol! This guy is clearly an idiot, and the FAA is going to come down hard on him (to say nothing about third parties!) This kind of sensational BS also shows how Mentour is a leader in creating content that's both informative and entertaining. 👍👍
Not without a subtle sense of humor though! Look at the particular merch he’s showcasing. Considering this fraudster’s brain was clearly inop when he decided to pull this stunt, it’s very fitting, isn’t it?? 🤣
At 13:32 My guess is that he trimmed the aircraft's nose down to make sure it would crash soon after he jumped out. He then pulled back the yoke to reduce speed and jumped out. If the aircraft was properly trimmed for best glide speed it would possibly fly for miles and he would not be able to reach it and retrieve the cameras.
Since he seemed to be aiming his parachute toward the crash site, maybe the the purpose of the fire extinguisher was to put out any fires on the plane, particularly near his Gopro cameras until he could retrieve the as well as possibly avoid starting a brush fire or at least fighting one if one broke out.
Petter, I really like your approach to this incident. This could easily been a repetition of what all the other RU-vidrs have said. Instead, you made it a learning experience. And even more important, you put the focus on the responsibility pilots and creators have.
