An influencer who staged a California plane crash in 2021 to make a YouTube video of himself parachuting to safety – dubbed “I Crashed My Airplane” – has been sentenced to six months in a US federal prison for obstructing the investigation by destroying the wreckage.

The video purported to show the plane of Trevor Daniel Jacob experiencing engine failure over the mountainous Los Padres National Forest in Santa Barbara County before the experienced pilot and skydiver – already wearing a parachute – jumped out with a selfie stick camera in hand.

Jacob pleaded guilty in June to one count of destruction and concealment with the intent to obstruct a federal investigation.

His jump and the aircraft’s plunge were recorded by cameras mounted on the plane’s wing and tail and by the camera he carried. After landing, he hiked to the crash site and recovered video from the onboard cameras, the government said.

According to the plea agreement, Jacob had a sponsorship deal to promote a company’s product in a video he would post, and he never intended to complete the Nov. 24, 2021, flight.

The Justice Department said Jacob later informed federal investigators about the crash, was told he was responsible for preserving the wreckage, agreed to determine its location – and then lied that he did not know the location.

On Dec. 10, 2021, Jacob and a friend flew to the site in a helicopter that was used to lift the wreckage and fly it to a trailer attached to his pickup truck, according to the agreement. The plane was later cut up, and the parts were disposed of in trash bins.

Jacob, of Lompoc, Ca., had his pilot license revoked by the Federal Aviation Administration in 2022.