N172BX
Registered owner: BAS PART SALES LLC, CO (owner ≠ operator)
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
No operator established for this aircraft.
Accident & incident history
Maintenance disclosures
Service Difficulty Reports filed with the FAA for this airframe. Filing is largely voluntary — the number of reports is not a measure of reliability. To verify a report, search its control number at the FAA SDRS site.
1 report on file, 2008-05-10.
Part: ENGINE — VAPOR LOCK
AC WAS BEING FLOWN ON RT FUEL TANK. AFTER RUNNING TANK DRY, PILOT SELECTED RT FUEL TANK AND MOMENTS LATER THE ENG STOPPED PRODUCING POWER AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING. AC FUEL SYS WAS INSPECTED FOR CONTAMINATES AND FAILURES, NONE WERE FOUND. POSSIBLE CAUSE IS VAPOR LOCK IN FUEL SYS FROM RUNNING FUEL TANK TRY. TO PREVENT THIS FROM RECURRING, WOULD BE TO SELECT ANOTHER FUEL TANK PRIOR TO RUNNING THE SELECT FUEL TANK DRY. (K)