No shit department: FAA rules Trevor Jacob intentionally crashed airplane

[jmowreader]

https://www.aviationweekly.org/news/faa-rules-youtuber-trevor-jacob-purposely-crashed-airplane

This one was so obvious: In November 2021 professional maniac Trevor Jacob boarded his 1940 Taylorcraft airplane. He was wearing his skydiving equipment and his aircraft was covered in GoPro cameras. The engine stopped running during the flight and Mr. Jacob immediately bailed out. He made a video of him coming down that looked quite a bit like something out of Vin Diesel’s daredevil movie XXX. He landed, walked back to his plane to retrieve all the cameras, then posted a video on YouTube entitled I Crashed My Plane.

The entire YouTube aviation community was in agreement he did this on purpose.

Today we learn the FAA agreed with their assessment. Their letter of April 11 states he violated federal aviation regulations and operated his plane in a careless or reckless manner so as to endanger the life or property of another. The most the FAA can do to you is to revoke your pilot’s license, and they did that. But there are other agencies that can send you to prison, and I think this will happen.

[turbinetree]

1. Yeah the DOT and The NTSB are going to be involved

along with some district attorney.....everyone is going to want to see those log books...... because there are a lot of people involved to make sure that that plane was safe to fly....

[jmowreader]

3. Oh, he's got more problems than that

There are two big brands of aviation piston engines, Lycoming and Continental. When he bought this plane, it had a Continental engine with red valve covers. On the day he crashed it, it had a Lycoming that someone had painted the valve covers red with spray paint. You don’t just change engine brands on a certified aircraft; you need to file a supplemental type certificate for it, and that takes some doing. The pilots on YT think he changed it himself, which is really illegal; there are 23 maintenance tasks an owner-pilot is allowed to do himself, and engine swaps are not on the list. (Things like changing oil and light bulbs are.)

So…he crashed a plane intentionally, he did maintenance he’s not allowed to do…if I had this guy’s address I’d send him a copy of “how to survive federal prison” off Amazon.

I saw a really good video that the FAA probably watched. Someone who owns a Taylorcraft flew it out to the place Trevor’s engine stopped running, at the altitude he was at when it happened, killed the engine and glided it to a successful dead stick landing on the creek bed below him.

[turbinetree]

5. Yeah and then there is the annual inspection and 100 hrs that he is suppose to comply with

and he is not allowed to just change a fuel filter, unless he has a FAA license saying that he is a mechanic and was trained to work on that plane.....yeah someone should ask him which Part 147 school he attended to work on planes.......

I see a train a coming for this 'guy'......

[jmowreader]

6. Fuel filters count as preventive maintenance, which pilots can do

https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/14/appendix-A_to_part_43

It’s item 23.

[turbinetree]

7. Ah, yes I I forgot....

thanks for the reminder......its been quite some time since I worked on a plane.......

[Effete Snob]

2. professional maniac

What does the pay range in that occupation?

I didn't realize I could get paid for that.

[jmowreader]

4. Depends how many clicks and views you get