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Attributes | |
ACN | 358981 |
Time | |
Date | 199701 |
Day | Tue |
Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : sea |
State Reference | WA |
Altitude | agl bound lower : 500 agl bound upper : 800 |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Night |
Aircraft 1 | |
Controlling Facilities | tower : sea |
Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
Make Model Name | Beech 1900 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
Navigation In Use | Other |
Flight Phase | descent : approach landing other |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : first officer |
Qualification | pilot : atp |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 270 flight time total : 1800 flight time type : 280 |
ASRS Report | 358981 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
Qualification | pilot : atp |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 3100 |
ASRS Report | 359133 |
Events | |
Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency none taken : unable other |
Consequence | other Other |
Supplementary | |
Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Cleared to land on runway 16L at seatac airport. The gear was down and flaps were 17 degrees. I called for flaps 35 degrees and suddenly the aircraft abruptly rolled to the right. I countered with opposite aileron. While doing so, there was a control surface jamming. While correcting the jam, I threw the flap, keeping the aircraft wings level and landed without further incident. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the flap jack screw had pushed the outboard flap off its inboard roller and into the aileron. When this happened the crew thought that they had a split flap condition because the aircraft rolled abruptly to the right during flap extension. When this reporter tried to correct the surfaces felt jammed, and he popped through something while leveling the aircraft. This reporter states that he is muscular and yet was not able to override the jam completely. The yoke was stuck at a 9-10 O'clock position and this reporter used full opposite rudder to counteract the aileron's force. For all practical purposes, this aircraft was landed in a slip. As a sidenote, this incident was also reported to the NTSB per the initial notification rule.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A BE02 COMMUTER FLC EXPERIENCED JAMMED CTLS DURING FULL FLAP EXTENSION ON APCH INTO SEA. THE FO PF KEPT THE ACFT FROM CONTINUING TO ROLL BY EXERTING CTL COLUMN FORCE AND USING OPPOSITE RUDDER. THE YOKE REMAINED STUCK AND THE FO LANDED THE ACFT BY COMPENSATING WITH OTHER CTLS.
Narrative: CLRED TO LAND ON RWY 16L AT SEATAC ARPT. THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND FLAPS WERE 17 DEGS. I CALLED FOR FLAPS 35 DEGS AND SUDDENLY THE ACFT ABRUPTLY ROLLED TO THE R. I COUNTERED WITH OPPOSITE AILERON. WHILE DOING SO, THERE WAS A CTL SURFACE JAMMING. WHILE CORRECTING THE JAM, I THREW THE FLAP, KEEPING THE ACFT WINGS LEVEL AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE FLAP JACK SCREW HAD PUSHED THE OUTBOARD FLAP OFF ITS INBOARD ROLLER AND INTO THE AILERON. WHEN THIS HAPPENED THE CREW THOUGHT THAT THEY HAD A SPLIT FLAP CONDITION BECAUSE THE ACFT ROLLED ABRUPTLY TO THE R DURING FLAP EXTENSION. WHEN THIS RPTR TRIED TO CORRECT THE SURFACES FELT JAMMED, AND HE POPPED THROUGH SOMETHING WHILE LEVELING THE ACFT. THIS RPTR STATES THAT HE IS MUSCULAR AND YET WAS NOT ABLE TO OVERRIDE THE JAM COMPLETELY. THE YOKE WAS STUCK AT A 9-10 O'CLOCK POS AND THIS RPTR USED FULL OPPOSITE RUDDER TO COUNTERACT THE AILERON'S FORCE. FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES, THIS ACFT WAS LANDED IN A SLIP. AS A SIDENOTE, THIS INCIDENT WAS ALSO RPTED TO THE NTSB PER THE INITIAL NOTIFICATION RULE.
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.