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Wing flaps of air carrier medium large transport aircraft stuck in an asymmetrical position during retraction.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 232928 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199302 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : den |
| State Reference | CO |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 6000 msl bound upper : 15000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : den |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 160 flight time total : 11000 |
| ASRS Report | 232928 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Left flap (trailing edge) would not fully retract on departure. Complied with company procedures with return to den. Suspect foreign object damage in flap area would not allow flap to retract.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: WING FLAPS OF ACR MLG ACFT STUCK IN AN ASYMMETRICAL POS DURING RETRACTION.
Narrative: L FLAP (TRAILING EDGE) WOULD NOT FULLY RETRACT ON DEP. COMPLIED WITH COMPANY PROCS WITH RETURN TO DEN. SUSPECT FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE IN FLAP AREA WOULD NOT ALLOW FLAP TO RETRACT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.