# Accident 20251028018222A: Akrotech Aviation Inc GILES G-202, Boca Raton, FL, October 28, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 2025, 09:03 local time
- Place: Boca Raton, FL
- Airport: Boca Raton
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.3731° N, 80.1147° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.3731&lon=-80.1147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N202RD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N202RD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Akrotech GILES G-202 (registry code 05602IU, https://openairdocs.org/model/akrotech-giles-g-202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-360 series (registry code 41522, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AKROTECH AVIATION INC GILES G-202
- Reported engine: LYCOMING AEIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 3,880 total, 433 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA26LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251028018222A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON 28OCT2025 AT APPROXIMATELY 0905 LOCAL TIME, A GILES G202 TAILWHEEL AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH A CESSNA 172 AT THE RUN UP AREA NEAR RUNWAY 05 AT BOCA RATON AIRPORT IN BOCA RATON, FL. THE STATIONARY CESSNA 172 WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF RUNWAY 5 AND WAS PREPARING TO TAXI UP TO CROSS THE HOLDSHORT LINE OF RUNWAY 5 WHEN THE GILES G202 TAILWHEEL AIRPLANE PROCEEDED DOWN TAXIWAY B WHERE THE PROPELLER OF THE GILES 202 STRUCK THE LEFT WING OF THE CESSNA 172. CESSNA 172 NOTIFIED TOWER OF THE COLLISION, AND BOTH AIRCRAFT ENGINES WERE SHUTDOWN. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND PLANES WERE TOWED TO THIER RESPECTIVE HANGARS FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N825KS, Cessna 172R: no report for this aircraft; [N825KS](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N825KS) is registered now

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA26LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA025), Oct 28, 2025: Akrotech Giles G-202 (N202RD), Boca Raton, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The low-wing pilot’s inadequate visual lookout, which resulted in a collision with another airplane while taxiing.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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