Akrotech GILES G-202 N202RD
28 October 2025 · Boca Raton, Florida, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 28 October 2025 at about 13:03 local time, a Akrotech GILES G-202 registered N202RD, operated by High Alpha Aero LLC, was involved in an accident near Boca Raton, Florida, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 13:03
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Boca Raton, Florida, United States
- Nearest airport
- Boca Raton (BCT)
- Coordinates
- 26.3731, -80.1147
- Aircraft
- Akrotech GILES G-202
- Registration
- N202RD
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1997
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- High Alpha Aero LLC
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Boca Raton → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ERA26LA025
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Probable cause
The low-wing pilot’s inadequate visual lookout, which resulted in a collision with another airplane while taxiing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped low-wing airplane received a taxi clearance from the tower air traffic controller for a planned departure and began taxing toward the assigned runway. About 3 minutes later, the student pilot of the high-wing airplane requested and received a takeoff clearance while located stationary at the edge of the runup area. The student pilot then advised his flight instructor that the low-wing airplane was approaching from the left, heading toward their airplane. To avoid a collision, the flight instructor took control of the high-wing airplane and advanced the throttle in an attempt to taxi out of the path of the low-wing airplane. The low-wing airplane then impacted the high-wing airplane, resulting in substantial damage to the propeller of the low-wing airplane and to the left wing of the high-wing airplane. The pilot of the low-wing airplane reported that he saw other airplanes in the runup area but did not see the accident high-wing airplane until he was “underneath” its wing. The pilots of both airplanes reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplanes that would have precluded normal operation.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Aircraft involved
| Aircraft | Registration | Operator | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akrotech GILES G-202 | N202RD | High Alpha Aero LLC | Substantial |
| Cessna 172R R | N825KS | Lynn University | Substantial |
Other Akrotech GILES accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 May 2023 | Akrotech GILES G-202 | Santa Barbara, California, United States | MKT Aerobatics LTD | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan 2025 | Beechcraft A36 | Naples, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 26 Nov 2025 | Huebbe Tom MAX TH | Inverness Highlands South, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 28 Nov 2025 | CubCrafters CARBON CUB FX2 | Okeechobee, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 10 Jul 2025 | Piper PA34 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States | ATA Flight School | No injuries | - |
| 11 Jul 2025 | Cessna 150 | St. Augustine, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Jul 2025 | Cessna T337G | Pembroke Pines, Florida, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |