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Its his-ish property. The FAA got him for the flying equivalent of reckless driving, but its not a felony to crash your car. Its just expensive as hell, and th

Its his-ish property. The FAA got him for the flying equivalent of reckless driving, but its not a felony to crash your car. Its just expensive as hell, and the knock on fines will only add onto it.

kayodelycaon 5y ago
The felony will be under reckless endangerment or some other statute for people who intentionally do criminally stupid things that could or have caused serious harm/damage. You’re not getting off on some technicality where there is no specific law against a specific action. There are broad statutes to specifically nail people who think like that. Edit: There is a lovely idiom for this—“play stupid games, win stupid prizes”.
- mardifoufs 5y ago
  I think he crashed in the middle of an unpopulated desert-ish area. I'm not sure what's the criteria is for reckless endangerment though, and maybe the intent matters more than the end result.
  - kayodelycaon 5y ago
    I don’t think it matters where the plane crashed if he wasn’t in control of it.
  - bombcar 5y ago
    Los Padres National Forest isn’t the Mojave Desert.
    - zinekeller 5y ago
      > National Forest Yikes, a federal property no less.
      - Breza 5y ago
        If you look at a map of the area, he ditched the plane in the exact place you'd pick if you were trying to stay away from large groups of people. That's one of the many aspects that suggest this was an intentional crash.
      - bombcar 5y ago
        It’s actually quite large and has a number of planes that went down in it in actual accidents - knew of at least one.
shadowgovt 5y ago
Honestly, that's the part of the story that I find most interesting. Private planes are not exactly free. This guy has some bumping around money if he was willing to sacrifice a plane for a YouTube stunt.
- bombcar 5y ago
  Depending on how crappy you want to go you can get one for $30k maybe, and I don’t know the monetization rates for YouTube but if you hit 10 million you might make that back.
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- usefulcat 5y ago
  Did he even own the plane? Or did he rent it?
  - FabHK 5y ago
    The plane is (was?) registered in his name: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N29508 https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResul...
MiddleEndian 5y ago
Is it a felony to crash your car on purpose in a situation that could be dangerous to the public?
- brewdad 5y ago
  You'll need to hit something to crash your car. Depending on your target, the $ value could push you into felony territory. Side note: Trees are much more expensive to replace than you might assume.

Its his-ish property. The FAA got him for the flying equivalent of reckless driving, but its not a felony to crash your car. Its just expensive as hell, and the knock on fines will only add onto it.

kayodelycaon 5y ago

The felony will be under reckless endangerment or some other statute for people who intentionally do criminally stupid things that could or have caused serious harm/damage. You’re not getting off on some technicality where there is no specific law against a specific action. There are broad statutes to specifically nail people who think like that. Edit: There is a lovely idiom for this—“play stupid games, win stupid prizes”.

mardifoufs 5y ago
I think he crashed in the middle of an unpopulated desert-ish area. I'm not sure what's the criteria is for reckless endangerment though, and maybe the intent matters more than the end result.
- kayodelycaon 5y ago
  I don’t think it matters where the plane crashed if he wasn’t in control of it.
- bombcar 5y ago
  Los Padres National Forest isn’t the Mojave Desert.
  - zinekeller 5y ago
    > National Forest Yikes, a federal property no less.
    - Breza 5y ago
      If you look at a map of the area, he ditched the plane in the exact place you'd pick if you were trying to stay away from large groups of people. That's one of the many aspects that suggest this was an intentional crash.
    - bombcar 5y ago
      It’s actually quite large and has a number of planes that went down in it in actual accidents - knew of at least one.

shadowgovt 5y ago

Honestly, that's the part of the story that I find most interesting. Private planes are not exactly free. This guy has some bumping around money if he was willing to sacrifice a plane for a YouTube stunt.

bombcar 5y ago
Depending on how crappy you want to go you can get one for $30k maybe, and I don’t know the monetization rates for YouTube but if you hit 10 million you might make that back.
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usefulcat 5y ago
Did he even own the plane? Or did he rent it?
- FabHK 5y ago
  The plane is (was?) registered in his name: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N29508 https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResul...

MiddleEndian 5y ago

Is it a felony to crash your car on purpose in a situation that could be dangerous to the public?

brewdad 5y ago
You'll need to hit something to crash your car. Depending on your target, the $ value could push you into felony territory. Side note: Trees are much more expensive to replace than you might assume.