A pilot who has his own YouTube channel agreed to plead guilty Thursday to a federal charge of obstruction after he admitted to intentionally crashing an airplane in an attempt to gain views for a video to promote a wallet.

Trevor Daniel Jacob, 29, of Lompoc, Calif., faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison after he agreed to plead guilty to one count of destruction and concealment with the intent to obstruct a federal investigation, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California.

According to federal prosecutors, Jacob took off on a solo flight from Lompoc City Airport in a small single-engine plane on Nov. 24, 2021. He claimed he was flying to Mammoth Lakes, but prosecutors say he had no intention of reaching the destination.

Instead, Jacob claimed the plane had engine trouble about 35 minutes into the flight while over the Los Padres National Forest in Santa Barbara County, authorities say. Video shows him opening the door of the plane and jumping out while wearing a parachute.

Jacob had mounted several video cameras on different parts of the plane before takeoff. He also had the parachute, a video camera and selfie stick, which he used to record himself as he parachuted to the ground.

Jacob used the equipment to record the plane as it descended and crashed into a dry brush area, prosecutors say. After landing with his parachute, he hiked to crash site and recovered the videos of the flight and crash, the plea agreement states.

Prosecutors say Jacob told the National Transportation Safety Board about the crash on Nov. 26 and agreed to tell investigators where the plane wreckage was located and to provide them videos of the incident. Instead, Jacob later lied to investigators and said he didn’t know the location of the plane wreckage.

On Dec. 10, Jacob and a friend used a helicopter to lift the wreckage and carry it to another location in Santa Barbara County, prosecutors say. The wreckage was loaded onto a trailer attached to a pickup owned by Jacob, then driven to Lompoc City Airport and unloaded in a hangar.

Prosecutors say he cut up and destroyed the wreckage, putting it into trash bins at the airport over the course of a few days. Authorities say Jacob admitted in the plea agreement to destroying the wreckage in an attempt to thwart investigators.

Jacob uploaded a video of the incident on YouTube on Dec. 23 titled, “I Crashed My Airplane.” Prosecutors say Jacob recently had signed a promotion deal for a wallet and that it was featured in the video of the crash. Jacob admitted in the plea deal he hoped to make money from the video promotion.

He also admitted lying to federal investigators in his incident report on the crash, also lying to an Federal Aviation Administration safety inspector. The FAA revoked his pilot license in April 2022.

Jacob is expected to make his initial court appearance in the coming weeks.