Emb-145 flight crew discovers during approach that the flaps were never fully retracted during the p...

Attributes
ACN	1237636
Time
Date	201502
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	IAH.Airport
State Reference	TX
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 145 ER/LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Flap Control (Trailing & Leading Edge)
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Speed All Types

Narrative:

On takeoff out of iah rwy 27; ATC gave us a turn at 1500 ft to the north. I saw the pilot not flying (PNF) move his hand towards the flap handle. And the after takeoff checklist was completed. On descent for the approach I called for flaps 9 and the PNF went to move the flap handle and realized that it was already set at flaps 9; he asked if I had moved the handle and my response was no. That was when we realized we just flew the flight at flaps 9. Our speed in the climb and cruise never went above 280 KIAS. When we landed; I called maintenance control and told them what had happened and entered in the logbook. They called our local maintenance and they came up to the plane at the gate and inspected it and signed the aircraft off. Unusual takeoff in iah runway 27 with a turn to the north at a specified height at 1500 ft which we were climbing through which interrupted the flow. Need to verify the flaps at 0; even when interrupted by ATC. Be better at verifying the checklist has been completed with what is exactly on the checklist.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EMB-145 flight crew discovers during approach that the flaps were never fully retracted during the prior departure due to and ATC distraction during the departure.

Narrative: On takeoff out of IAH Rwy 27; ATC gave us a turn at 1500 FT to the north. I saw the pilot not flying (PNF) move his hand towards the flap handle. And the after TKOF checklist was completed. On descent for the approach I called for flaps 9 and the PNF went to move the flap handle and realized that it was already set at flaps 9; he asked if I had moved the handle and my response was no. That was when we realized we just flew the flight at flaps 9. Our speed in the climb and cruise never went above 280 KIAS. When we landed; I called Maintenance control and told them what had happened and entered in the logbook. They called our local Maintenance and they came up to the plane at the gate and inspected it and signed the aircraft off. Unusual TKOF in IAH RWY 27 with a turn to the north at a specified height at 1500 FT which we were climbing through which interrupted the flow. Need to verify the flaps at 0; even when interrupted by ATC. Be better at verifying the checklist has been completed with what is exactly on the checklist.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

Emb-145 flight crew discovers during approach that the flaps were never fully retracted during the prior departure due to and ATC distraction during the departure.