Narrative:

Landed at elh (myeh) and had a short taxi to terminal. I had performed after landing checklist. I did not see that the flaps were down when I disembarked as they are a split flap and not visible until you move away from the aircraft. I had 1 passenger to pick up and he was ready to go. As we walked toward the aircraft I saw the flaps. I figured I had missed retracting them in spite of the checklist as the taxi from the runway is only a couple hundred ft. I boarded the passenger. I started up the engines and retracted the flaps. The indicator remained in the down position. I checked and reset the circuit breaker. No change. I shut down and told the passenger I had stuck flaps and needed to fix them. One of the local ramp men came over and said he recognized the situation as an electrical problem. I agreed. He reached under the selector and found a broken wire. He then held the wires in place while I turned the power on and retracted the flaps. They came up and I pulled the circuit breaker. Unfortunately, all of this was performed in front of the passenger as the cabin is not separate from the cockpit. I explained to him the function and operation of the flaps. I explained that they would not be needed on arrival in fll, due to long runways. He asked if I was going to maintain radio communication. I said yes, and he seemed satisfied. Flight to fll was uneventful and I immediately wrote up and reported the discrepancy to maintenance on arrival.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: UNAUTH TKOF WITH ACFT EQUIP PROB.

Narrative: LANDED AT ELH (MYEH) AND HAD A SHORT TAXI TO TERMINAL. I HAD PERFORMED AFTER LNDG CHKLIST. I DID NOT SEE THAT THE FLAPS WERE DOWN WHEN I DISEMBARKED AS THEY ARE A SPLIT FLAP AND NOT VISIBLE UNTIL YOU MOVE AWAY FROM THE ACFT. I HAD 1 PAX TO PICK UP AND HE WAS READY TO GO. AS WE WALKED TOWARD THE ACFT I SAW THE FLAPS. I FIGURED I HAD MISSED RETRACTING THEM IN SPITE OF THE CHKLIST AS THE TAXI FROM THE RWY IS ONLY A COUPLE HUNDRED FT. I BOARDED THE PAX. I STARTED UP THE ENGS AND RETRACTED THE FLAPS. THE INDICATOR REMAINED IN THE DOWN POS. I CHKED AND RESET THE CIRCUIT BREAKER. NO CHANGE. I SHUT DOWN AND TOLD THE PAX I HAD STUCK FLAPS AND NEEDED TO FIX THEM. ONE OF THE LCL RAMP MEN CAME OVER AND SAID HE RECOGNIZED THE SIT AS AN ELECTRICAL PROB. I AGREED. HE REACHED UNDER THE SELECTOR AND FOUND A BROKEN WIRE. HE THEN HELD THE WIRES IN PLACE WHILE I TURNED THE PWR ON AND RETRACTED THE FLAPS. THEY CAME UP AND I PULLED THE CIRCUIT BREAKER. UNFORTUNATELY, ALL OF THIS WAS PERFORMED IN FRONT OF THE PAX AS THE CABIN IS NOT SEPARATE FROM THE COCKPIT. I EXPLAINED TO HIM THE FUNCTION AND OP OF THE FLAPS. I EXPLAINED THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE NEEDED ON ARR IN FLL, DUE TO LONG RWYS. HE ASKED IF I WAS GOING TO MAINTAIN RADIO COM. I SAID YES, AND HE SEEMED SATISFIED. FLT TO FLL WAS UNEVENTFUL AND I IMMEDIATELY WROTE UP AND RPTED THE DISCREPANCY TO MAINT ON ARR.

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.