--- title: YouTuber Goes to Prison for Crashing Plane for Clicks description: The original video by American snowboarder and extreme sports athlete Trevor Jacob is still on YouTube. Nobody was harmed. canonical: https://time.com/6342655/youtuber-trevor-jacob-plane-crash-for-clicks/ author: Anna Gordon article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2023-12-05T14:16:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:50:42.486Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: YouTuber Goes to Prison for Crashing Plane for Clicks og:description: The original video by American snowboarder and extreme sports athlete Trevor Jacob is still on YouTube. 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The base sits on Kaneohe Bay, which is home to coral reefs, a breeding ground for hammerhead sharks and a University of Hawaii marine biology research institute._ by [Anna Gordon](https://time.com/author/anna-gordon/) ## Anna Gordon Gordon was a reporter for TIME, based in the London bureau. Dec 5, 2023 2:16 PM UTC  Trevor Jacob takes a video himself as he parachutes out of his plane before it crashes between Lompoc City Airport and Mammoth Lakes on Nov. 24, 2021. Trevor Jacob takes a video himself as he parachutes out of his plane before it crashes between Lompoc City Airport and Mammoth Lakes on Nov. 24, 2021.Trevor Jacob/YouTube by [Anna Gordon](https://time.com/author/anna-gordon/) ## Anna Gordon Gordon was a reporter for TIME, based in the London bureau. Dec 5, 2023 2:16 PM UTC Trevor Jacob, an American snowboarder and extreme sports athlete, was [jailed for 6 months](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67622247)for deliberately crashing his plane for clicks and then lying to U.S. investigators about the incident. Jacob, a 30-year-old YouTuber sensationand former Olympic athletefrom California, crashed his one-seater airplane on camera in [a video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbYszLNZxhM) published in December 2021\. In the video, which has millions of views, he jumps out of the plane sporting a selfie stick and parachutes down, leaving the plane unmanned and destined to crash. A camera on the plane shows the moment it crashes into the side of a bushy California mountain. Federal prosecutor said Monday Jacob "most likely committed this offense to generate social media and news coverage for himself and to obtain financial gain." "Nevertheless, this type of 'daredevil' conduct cannot be tolerated," they added. In the December 2021 video, Jacob says that he did not intentionally crash the plane, but realized that there was nowhere for him to land while he was mid-flight, and parachuted out in need of an emergency escape. ### More From TIME The U.S. Justice Department [convicted him](https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/santa-barbara-county-man-sentenced-6-months-prison-obstructing-federal-probe-plane) as part of a plea deal for one felony count of destruction and concealment with the intent to obstruct an investigation. On Dec. 10, 2021, Jacob flew to the site of the plane crash with a friend and collected the wreckage, and ultimately cut it up into small parts and disposed of the pieces. In a statement, Jacob said that "this experience has been so humbling" and called his sentencing the “right decision.” As part of the plea agreement, Jacob said he filmed the video for a product sponsorship deal. The Federal Aviation Administration revoked Jacob’s pilot's license in April 2022\. On Monday night, Jacob posted a video that [he got his pilot's license back](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55JdKOFIecc) but would have to serve time in prison. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6342655/youtuber-trevor-jacob-plane-crash-for-clicks/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6342655/youtuber-trevor-jacob-plane-crash-for-clicks/"},"headline":"A California YouTuber Gets 6 Months in Jail for Crashing Plane for Clicks","datePublished":"2023-12-05T14:16:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:50:42.486Z","description":"The original video by American snowboarder and extreme sports athlete Trevor Jacob is still on YouTube. 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