Progressive Aerodyne SeaRey LSX
These figures describe a typical build. Each aircraft of this design was built by its owner, and the one you are looking at may differ.
The SeaRey LSX is Progressive Aerodyne's current kit version of the SeaRey amphibian, the enlarged post-2007 airframe with Frise ailerons, larger tails, an optional carbon-fibre hull and a 1,505 lb gross weight, powered by a 100 hp Rotax 912ULS or a 115 hp 914; the factory-built Elite and Adventure are the same airframe as S-LSA at 1,430 lb.
The LSX is what a SeaRey buyer who wants to carry two adults and fuel on the water should be looking for, because the extra 135 lb of gross weight over the LSA version is the difference between a two-person amphibian and a one-and-a-half; the price is amateur-built status, so the builder's work on the hull, the retraction system and the fabric wings is the inspection and the builder's log the history. No manufacturer performance figures for the LSX could be sourced in this research, so the aircraft's own test data and weight-and-balance are the numbers to use. Amphibian ownership applies: hull and gear corrosion, retraction rigging, and an engine that may have lived near salt water. The owner may maintain it and the condition inspection needs an A&P or the repairman certificate; Progressive Aerodyne in Florida supports the fleet.
Variants of the Progressive Aerodyne SeaRey
- SeaRey · 1992 · 1 active
- SeaRey LSA · 1992 · 106 active
- SeaRey LSX · 70 active · this page
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TAILFAX SCORE
Partial: 7.2 out of 30 (safety not scored, too few records)
Among 1–2 seat pistons (321 models)
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What it is
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | amphibious |
| Engines | — |
| Engine | Rotax 912ULS (100 hp) or 914 (115 hp) |
| Horsepower | 100 hp |
| Fuel | — |
| Certification basis | amateur-built |
| Production start | — |
| Production end | — |
| Endorsements required | — |
Performance
| Cruise (75 % power) | — |
|---|---|
| Range (75 %, standard fuel, 30-min reserve) | — |
| Service ceiling | — |
| Climb rate | — |
| Stall speed (Vso) | — |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | — |
| Full-fuel payload | — |
| Max takeoff weight | 1,505 lb |
| Empty weight | — |
| Usable fuel | — |
| Fuel burn at cruise | — |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | — |
|---|---|
| Price, high | — |
| Prices as of | — |
| Engine TBO | — |
| Overhaul cost, low | — |
| Overhaul cost, high | — |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 86 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 70 |
| Median year built | 2016 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 4 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 1 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 57.14 · thin base (low)1 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 57.14 · thin base (low)2 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 9 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 12.86 · thin base (low)3 |
| Airworthiness directives | 1 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | low |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 70 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 70 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 70 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | —1 |
| Severity | —2 |
| Access | 0.6 of 103 |
| Support | 4.7 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 1.9 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | Partial: 7.2 out of 30 (safety not scored, too few records)6 |
- Accident record: class median 36.69 · 321 models in class.
- Severity: class median 13.04.
- Access: class median 1,000.
- Support: class median 77.5.
- Liquidity: class median 20.
- Each of the five categories places the model within its peer class, from 0 (the worst of the class) to 10 (the best): a position among comparable models, not a grade. The overall score is the sum of the categories shown that are scored, out of 10 for each (50 when all five are); it is given only when at least 4 of the five are scored, and it can be set against another model's only when both are in the same peer class and scored on the same categories. When accident record and severity cannot be scored because the model has too few records, the other three give a partial score out of 30, labelled as such; it is never set against a full score.
Data as of: FAA registry Sep 28 · NTSB Oct 2 · ADs Oct 8 · scores Sep 30