2002 Tampa Cessna 172 crash
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On January 5, 2002, Charles J. Bishop, a high-school student of East Lake High School in Tarpon Springs, Florida, United States, stole a Cessna 172 light aircraft and crashed it into the side of the Bank of America Tower in downtown Tampa, Florida. The impact killed the teenager and damaged an office room, but there were no other injuries.
This Cessna 172 is the same make and model plane that crashed into the Bank of America Tower in Tampa, Florida.
On October 11, 2006, a Cirrus SR20 aircraft crashed into the Belaire Apartments in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City, at about 2:42 p.m. EDT. The aircraft struck the north side of the building, causing a fire in several apartments, that was extinguished within two hours.
The Belaire building after the fire caused by the crash was extinguished
A Cirrus SR20 similar to the aircraft involved in the incident
East-facing view of smoke from the building (right) shortly before the post-crash fire was extinguished