Watch: This dramatic California plane crash video was a scam, FAA says

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A man who posted a dramatic YouTube video after his small plane went down in Southern California has been accused by the FAA of purposely causing the crash.

An April 11 letter from the Federal Aviation Administration to Trevor Jacob said his pilot certificate will be revoked because he operated his plane in a “careless or reckless manner so as to endanger the life or property of another,” the New York Times reported Wednesday.

Jacob, 28, had come under suspicion as soon as he shared the video about how he had parachuted to safety on Nov. 24 when his plane allegedly lost power over the Los Padres National Forest.

Jacob, a one-time Olympic snowboarder from Mammoth Lakes, makes a living by producing and starring in extreme-sports videos.

Experienced pilots raised doubts about his response to what he said were engine problems in the 1940 Taylorcraft plane. Viewers pointed out that he was wearing a parachute — an unusual practice when flying that type of plane — and had a fire extinguisher strapped to his leg.

Nobody was injured when the plane crashed in scrubland near New Cuyama. Jacob, who suffered minor cuts, hiked out on his own.