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A B737 crew failed to recognize the flaps had not been retracted climbing through FL230 because of distraction from numerous ACARS messages regarding enroute mountain waves.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1006925 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201204 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZAB.ARTCC |
| State Reference | NM |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-700 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Flap/Slat Control System |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 423 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 314 Flight Crew Type 1300 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Speed All Types |
Narrative:
On climb out from phx; ATC queried us about our climb speed. This is when we noticed we were climbing at 230 KTS. I noticed flaps were still at one. We corrected the flap position and continued flight. Flap 1 airspeed was never exceeded. I'm not sure whether I called for flaps up or not; but I obviously didn't crosscheck the flap position indicator. So crosschecking and confirming the requested action is needed. We also started to get multiple ACARS messages regarding mountain wave avoidance areas around fti and cim. This distraction led to me not keeping an eye on the airspeed. Aviate; navigate; and communicate come to mind.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737 crew failed to recognize the flaps had not been retracted climbing through FL230 because of distraction from numerous ACARS messages regarding enroute mountain waves.
Narrative: On climb out from PHX; ATC queried us about our climb speed. This is when we noticed we were climbing at 230 KTS. I noticed flaps were still at one. We corrected the flap position and continued flight. Flap 1 airspeed was never exceeded. I'm not sure whether I called for flaps up or not; but I obviously didn't crosscheck the flap position indicator. So crosschecking and confirming the requested action is needed. We also started to get multiple ACARS messages regarding mountain wave avoidance areas around FTI and CIM. This distraction led to me not keeping an eye on the airspeed. Aviate; navigate; and communicate come to mind.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.