The 2002 Tampa plane crash was an incident that occurred on Saturday, January 5, 2002. The incident occurred when Charles J. Bishop, a high-school student of East Lake High School in Tarpon Springs, Florida, stole a Cessna 172 and crashed it into the side of the Bank of America Tower in downtown Tampa, Florida. Bishop had been inspired by the September 11 attacks. The impact killed the teenager and damaged an office room.