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Taken from youtube comments: > For anyone wondering why the FAA yanked his license. 1) attached multiple cameras to the craft (not illegal but suspect) 2) We

by Namari 3y ago

Taken from youtube comments: > For anyone wondering why the FAA yanked his license. 1) attached multiple cameras to the craft (not illegal but suspect) 2) Wearing a sports parachute (there uncomfortable as hell and he never wore any chute on any other flight) 3) opened the side door before claiming any engine failure. 4) made no attempt to restart engine 5) made no attempt to find a safe landing spot even though there were multiple landing areas in easy gliding distance 6) jumped out of the plan with a selfie stick which is not normal behaviour during a crisis . 7) Made his way to the wreck and took all the cameras 8) had the wreck disposed of before contact the authorities . 9) made no attempt to communicate on emergency frequency None of which deals with the fact he had fire extinguishers strapped to his legs since that not technically illegal or the deliberate crashing of his plane into national reserve.

capableweb 3y ago
> 8) had the wreck disposed of before contact the authorities . Not just disposed, but disposed in multiple locations: > two weeks after the drama he and a friend winched the wreckage out of the forest with a helicopter, [...] Over the next few days, he cut up the plane into small pieces, and dumped the parts in trash bins in and around Lompoc City Airport. [...] In a plea agreement, Jacob admitted he had intended to obstruct federal authorities when he disposed of the wreckage
- hef19898 3y ago
  I get, from his point of view, that he removed the cameras. But the plane wreckage? How stupid can people be...
- plorg 3y ago
  >8) had the wreck disposed of before contact the authorities Worse, he reported the incident to the FAA, who asked him for the location and told him not to disturb the wreck (they told him more than once). He then disposed of the plane and continued telling the FAA/NTSB he didn't know where it was.
belter 3y ago
Some others also from youtube videos - Claiming always used a parachute, while having multiple prior flight videos in his channel wearing no parachute. - Buying the airplane from the previous owner and saying then to previous owner, he "planned to do something big" with the airplane. 34°48'53.6"N 119°57'40.4"W is the exact airplane crash location: - https://www.google.com/maps/place/34%C2%B048'53.6%22N+119%C2%B057'40.4%22W/@34.8148921,-119.9614037,89m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d34.81489!4d-119.96121 https://www.google.com/maps/place/34%C2%B048'53.6%22N+119%C2...
- plorg 3y ago
  Another pilot also said that they strongly recommended he do some specific maintenance on the plane before attempting to fly it to his purported destination, and that Jacob repeatedly told him not to worry about it. The other pilot even offered to tail him but was rebuffed, with Jacob reportedly saying "if something goes wrong I'll just jump out".
  - codetrotter 3y ago
    > they strongly recommended he do some specific maintenance on the plane before attempting to fly it to his purported destination […] > […] Jacob reportedly saying "if something goes wrong I'll just jump out" Not to defend the guy or anything but this is interesting. Maybe in his mind the plane was due for scrapping, and his plan was to fly it until failure and then jump out. Still a bad thing to do of course, and could cause fires or could kill someone, etc, but this sort of makes it conceivable how he himself may have thought that what he was doing was not so bad.
    - plorg 3y ago
      He bought it for $5000 less than a month before his stunt, without an airworthiness certification.
      - codetrotter 3y ago
        This supports that idea. I am further going to assume that in his mind the video would get so many views that it would bring in more than the $5k investment.
smegsicle 3y ago
> 6) jumped out of the plan with a selfie stick which is not normal behaviour during a crisis . this isn't normal but on social media, it is
- Doxin 3y ago
  Honestly I could kinda see going "Oh shit gotta bail! might as well grab my selfie stick that's within reach", but the whole sum of "could happen but not very likely" definitely points to the whole thing being on purpose.
stevehawk 3y ago
He also jumped out of the plane with a fire extinguisher attached to his leg, but under his pants. Because that's normal.
- belter 3y ago
  Because you know...liar, liar, pants on fire...and he did not want to risk it. :-)

by Namari 3y ago

capableweb 3y ago

> 8) had the wreck disposed of before contact the authorities . Not just disposed, but disposed in multiple locations: > two weeks after the drama he and a friend winched the wreckage out of the forest with a helicopter, [...] Over the next few days, he cut up the plane into small pieces, and dumped the parts in trash bins in and around Lompoc City Airport. [...] In a plea agreement, Jacob admitted he had intended to obstruct federal authorities when he disposed of the wreckage

hef19898 3y ago
I get, from his point of view, that he removed the cameras. But the plane wreckage? How stupid can people be...
plorg 3y ago
>8) had the wreck disposed of before contact the authorities Worse, he reported the incident to the FAA, who asked him for the location and told him not to disturb the wreck (they told him more than once). He then disposed of the plane and continued telling the FAA/NTSB he didn't know where it was.

belter 3y ago

Some others also from youtube videos - Claiming always used a parachute, while having multiple prior flight videos in his channel wearing no parachute. - Buying the airplane from the previous owner and saying then to previous owner, he "planned to do something big" with the airplane. 34°48'53.6"N 119°57'40.4"W is the exact airplane crash location: - https://www.google.com/maps/place/34%C2%B048'53.6%22N+119%C2%B057'40.4%22W/@34.8148921,-119.9614037,89m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d34.81489!4d-119.96121 https://www.google.com/maps/place/34%C2%B048'53.6%22N+119%C2...

plorg 3y ago
Another pilot also said that they strongly recommended he do some specific maintenance on the plane before attempting to fly it to his purported destination, and that Jacob repeatedly told him not to worry about it. The other pilot even offered to tail him but was rebuffed, with Jacob reportedly saying "if something goes wrong I'll just jump out".
- codetrotter 3y ago
  > they strongly recommended he do some specific maintenance on the plane before attempting to fly it to his purported destination […] > […] Jacob reportedly saying "if something goes wrong I'll just jump out" Not to defend the guy or anything but this is interesting. Maybe in his mind the plane was due for scrapping, and his plan was to fly it until failure and then jump out. Still a bad thing to do of course, and could cause fires or could kill someone, etc, but this sort of makes it conceivable how he himself may have thought that what he was doing was not so bad.
  - plorg 3y ago
    He bought it for $5000 less than a month before his stunt, without an airworthiness certification.
    - codetrotter 3y ago
      This supports that idea. I am further going to assume that in his mind the video would get so many views that it would bring in more than the $5k investment.

smegsicle 3y ago

> 6) jumped out of the plan with a selfie stick which is not normal behaviour during a crisis . this isn't normal but on social media, it is

Doxin 3y ago
Honestly I could kinda see going "Oh shit gotta bail! might as well grab my selfie stick that's within reach", but the whole sum of "could happen but not very likely" definitely points to the whole thing being on purpose.

stevehawk 3y ago

He also jumped out of the plane with a fire extinguisher attached to his leg, but under his pants. Because that's normal.

belter 3y ago
Because you know...liar, liar, pants on fire...and he did not want to risk it. :-)