# NTSB Accident ERA23LA262
> **BURTON Searey** · 2023-05-31 · Sherrills Ford, NC, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA23LA262
- **Event ID:** 20230608192333
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2023-05-31
- **Location:** Sherrills Ford, NC, USA
- **Coordinates:** 35.675319, -80.971728
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** BURTON
- **Model:** Searey
- **Registration:** N2440S
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to configure the amphibious airplane’s landing gear before conducting a forced landing to a lake after a loss of engine power. Also causal was the occluded gascolator and the pilot’s lack of knowledge about the airplane’s fuel system, which resulted in his failure to locate and identify the condition of the gascolator following a previous loss of engine power event.

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