Hughes OH-6A accident near Tampa, FL
On January 4, 2002, a Hughes OH-6A (helicopter) was involved in an accident near Tampa, FL. No one was seriously hurt. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- January 4, 2002
- Place
- Tampa, FL
- Aircraft
- Hughes OH-6A · Helicopter
- Injuries
- 0 fatal, 0 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 27.975°N, 82.533°W
- NTSB ID
- 20020110X00052
Conditions
- Local time
- 8:05 PM
- Light
- Daylight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Wind
- 220° at 7 kt
- Visibility
- 10 mi
From Wikipedia
On January 5, 2002, Charles J. Bishop, a 15-year-old student pilot, 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.
Bishop had been inspired by the September 11 attacks; he had left a suicide note crediting Osama bin Laden for the attacks and praising it as a justified response to actions against the Palestinians and Iraqis and said he (Bishop) was acting on behalf of Al Qaeda, from whom he had turned down help. As officials could find no other evidence of any connections, terrorism as a motive was ruled out, and they suggested that the crash was an apparent suicide. Bishop's mother filed and later dropped a lawsuit claiming that psychological side effects from the medication isotretinoin, sold under the name Accutane, caused the incident.
Text from Wikipedia, “2002 Tampa Cessna 172 crash”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
