He deliberately crashed his airplane after jumping out of it for YouTube views. Two weeks later he and a friend picked up the airplane with a helicopter, chopp

He deliberately crashed his airplane after jumping out of it for YouTube views. Two weeks later he and a friend picked up the airplane with a helicopter, chopped it up, and disposed of the parts. After the NTSB told him he was responsible for preserving the wreckage. And then he lied to the FAA about the cause of the crash, and claimed he didn't know where it happened. If that doesn't count as "getting you on the merits", I don't know what does.