Pilot, skydiver, and former U.S. Olympic snowboarder Trevor Jacob has been sentenced to six months in federal prison for “obstructing a federal investigation by deliberately destroying the wreckage of an airplane that he intentionally crashed.”
Jacob, 30, gained notoriety when, on November 24, 2021, he filmed himself bailing out of his Taylorcraft BL-65 after it suffered an alleged engine failure 35 minutes into a flight from California’s Lompoc City Airport (KLPC) to Mammoth Yosemite Airport (KMMH). At the time, Jacob said his intention was to go snowboarding in Mammoth Lakes. Several cameras were mounted to the aircraft, and Jacob had a video camera on a selfie stick that he carried with him and used to record footage of himself parachuting to safety.
