According to the Guardian, YouTuber Trevor Jacob has agreed to plead guilty to one count of destruction and concealment with the intent to obstruct a federal investigation.
The crime carries a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison.
The video in which he staged a plane crash has garnered three million views.
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has already revoked the private pilot certificate of the 29-year-old.
The authorities in the US said that he purposely destroyed the wreckage of the small single-engine plane that he crashed in California's Los Padres national forest in December 2021.
In the clip titled 'I Crashed My Plane', Jacob is seen wearing a parachute out of a single-engine aircraft - which he claimed had malfunctioned - with a selfie stick in hand.
Cameras placed all over the aircraft show its out-of-control descent into the forest and its eventual crash landing.
The clip was initially met with skepticism from aviation enthusiasts, who questioned if the crash was a real accident.