# Accident 20221023019579A: Scott Terry G SEAREY LSX, Lago Vista, TX, October 23, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2022, 12:31 local time
- Place: Lago Vista, TX
- Airport: Rusty Allen Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4602° N, 97.9883° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4602&lon=-97.9883&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17TS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N17TS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Scott Terry G SEAREY LSX (registry code 056314U, https://openairdocs.org/model/scott-terry-g-searey-lsx) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS2 (registry code 55599, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCOTT TERRY G SEAREY LSX
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,480 total, 622 in this make and model, 64 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN23LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221023019579A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS RETURNING FROM FLYING M RANCH (7TA7) VFR DIRECT. AFTER A DESCENT FROM CRUISING ALTITUDE THE PILOT JOINED THE LEFT BASE LEG OF RUNWAY 15 AT LAGO VISTA (KRYW). IMMEDIATLY AFTER THE LEFT TURN FROM BASE TO FINAL WAS COMPLETED THE ENGINE "SPUTTERED AND QUIT". THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE ENGINE BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. A FORECED LANDING WAS MADE 0.3 MILES FROM THE BEGINNING OF RUNWAY 15, ALONG THE EXTENDED CENTERLINE.

AIRPLANE CAME TO REST FACING SOUTHEAST IN A CEDAR FOREST, WITH SIGNIFIGANT DAMAGE RESULTING FROM THE LANDING.

## 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 CEN23LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA018), Oct 23, 2022: Sea Ray LSX (N17TS), Lago Vista, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate fuel planning and improper in-flight decision making which resulted in a low fuel status and a loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.

## Other reports on N17TS (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20210102011629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210102011629I), Jan 2, 2021: Scott Terry G SEAREY LSX (N17TS), Marble Falls, TX, Minor damage. Aircraft struck a power line while landing on lake Marble Falls. Pilot landed on lake, and after inspecting aircraft, departed from the lake and flew to lago…

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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