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The now quite famous KZfaq video of Trevor Jacob’s plane crash has raised questions with many in the YT community and beyond. In this video I aim to look at some of the anomalies that have not made ‘the front page’ so to speak in the hope that others will fill in the detail with more expert knowledge.
Here are the main points I found on watching the full video. Most are covered by others. This video will, I hope raise more questions have it answers.
Points
1 Crass opening now removed at, it is believed, request of sponsors and possibly family of deceased.
2 Always wears a parachute - except when he doesn’t.
3 Fuel selector valve - doesn’t appear to be connected to wing tank.
4 Engine stops he panics - is this the response of a highly trained and skilled pilot?
5 No attempt made to solve the problem and restart engine.
6 Strange use of controls - should he not be getting the nose down?
7 Exits aircraft 15 - 20 seconds after engine stop.
8 In spite of panic and fearing for his life he remembers his GoPro.
9 While in free fall he remembers to video his plane as he falls away.
10 After free-falling for some time he videos his plane some distance below.
In free-fall he is falling at approx 176ft/s. If he is in free-fall for 20s (as seen in the video) he will have lost approximately 3000ft. His plane is seen happily gliding away at, according to real pilots, about 1000ft/m decent. Accounts from others in unrelated videos etc state it is almost impossible for a plane to catch it’s jumpers.
11 He appears to have a fire extinguisher attached to each leg.
12 What’s under his jacket?
13 Why were there so many Gopro’s in/on the plane?
14 If he’s so safety minded why wasn’t he carrying hand-held radio/satnav etc?
15 What happened to his paraglider and snowboard?
16 There are claims he had the wreckage removed to an undisclosed location before the FAA could inspect the crash site. Why? This is now being addressed by others suggesting that the removal of the wreckage may have been at the hands of the FAA. The explanations given are quite logical.
17 Why no video from the forward facing GoPro during or after the engine stoppage?
18 His choice of parachute has been questioned.
19 His wounds appear to have healed rather quickly…
20 Was the plane airworthy or not? Accounts are not consistent on this.
Links
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