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Flight crew of a B757 declared an emergency when lowering the flaps for landing, a flap disagreement light came on. They subsequently were able to extend the flaps using the alternate system.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 351905 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199611 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : yvr |
| State Reference | BC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : yvr |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach descent other landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 351905 |
| 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 flight crew : overcame equipment problem other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Trailing edge flap disagreement. ATC frequency: yvr. Trailing edge disagreement on attempt to extend for landing yvr. Followed operations manual -- no problems with alternate extend. Declared emergency. Landed without incident. Dispatch notified.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A B757 DECLARED AN EMER WHEN LOWERING THE FLAPS FOR LNDG, A FLAP DISAGREEMENT LIGHT CAME ON. THEY SUBSEQUENTLY WERE ABLE TO EXTEND THE FLAPS USING THE ALTERNATE SYS.
Narrative: TRAILING EDGE FLAP DISAGREEMENT. ATC FREQ: YVR. TRAILING EDGE DISAGREEMENT ON ATTEMPT TO EXTEND FOR LNDG YVR. FOLLOWED OPS MANUAL -- NO PROBS WITH ALTERNATE EXTEND. DECLARED EMER. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. DISPATCH NOTIFIED.
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.