B757-200 flight crew declared an emergency during approach because of an abnormal flap configuration...

Attributes
ACN	1067106
Time
Date	201302
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Flap Control (Trailing & Leading Edge)
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 210 Flight Crew Total 10000 Flight Crew Type 6500
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

On selection of flaps 5; [we] got te disagree EICAS. We checked flaps in detent; it was. Captain assigned me to fly while he went to checklist. We agreed on the proper checklist; and he did te flaps disagree checklist. That led to te flap asymmetry checklist. We contacted maintenance control; spoke with dispatch and maintenance. We decided on an airport; landing speeds and distance required. We shot a visual approach backed by ILS after declaring an emergency. Landing by captain was uneventful with much room remaining using auto brakes. Crash trucks followed us to ramp. No hot brakes reported. We discussed issue with maintenance and recorded it in logbook.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757-200 flight crew declared an emergency during approach because of an abnormal flap configuration and landed uneventfully.

Narrative: On selection of flaps 5; [we] got TE Disagree EICAS. We checked flaps in detent; it was. Captain assigned me to fly while he went to checklist. We agreed on the proper checklist; and he did TE Flaps disagree checklist. That led to TE Flap Asymmetry checklist. We contacted Maintenance Control; spoke with Dispatch and Maintenance. We decided on an airport; landing speeds and distance required. We shot a visual approach backed by ILS after declaring an emergency. Landing by Captain was uneventful with much room remaining using auto brakes. Crash trucks followed us to ramp. No hot brakes reported. We discussed issue with Maintenance and recorded it in logbook.

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.