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Flight crew of an mdt declared an emergency and landed with no flaps detecting an erroneous flap position indication (unwarranted).
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 275718 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199406 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ric |
| State Reference | VA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 9000 msl bound upper : 9000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute airway : zdc |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 6500 flight time type : 210 |
| ASRS Report | 275718 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
En route from ric to iad, the flap indicator creeped back from 0 degrees to 10 degrees with the flap selector in the 0 degree detent position. Flaps were visually inspected up. An emergency was declared and a flapless landing was conducted. QRH checklist items were reviewed, passenger briefed. Maintenance was notified. All procedures were followed with no further incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN MDT DECLARED AN EMER AND LANDED WITH NO FLAPS DETECTING AN ERRONEOUS FLAP POS INDICATION (UNWARRANTED).
Narrative: ENRTE FROM RIC TO IAD, THE FLAP INDICATOR CREEPED BACK FROM 0 DEGS TO 10 DEGS WITH THE FLAP SELECTOR IN THE 0 DEG DETENT POS. FLAPS WERE VISUALLY INSPECTED UP. AN EMER WAS DECLARED AND A FLAPLESS LNDG WAS CONDUCTED. QRH CHKLIST ITEMS WERE REVIEWED, PAX BRIEFED. MAINT WAS NOTIFIED. ALL PROCS WERE FOLLOWED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT.
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.