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A B727-200 on initial climb at 1800 ft declared an emergency and diverted due to unable to retract the outboard trailing edge flaps. Cause unknown.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 481968 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200008 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dfw.airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl single value : 1800 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : d10.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other vortac |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Route In Use | departure : other published ifr departure |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 207 flight time total : 8700 flight time type : 4500 |
| ASRS Report | 481968 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : second officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : private pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 230 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 230 |
| ASRS Report | 481975 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : flap position indication other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Chart Or Publication Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
On flap retraction, outboard flaps jammed at flaps 2 degrees position. Followed aircraft operating manual procedures for split flap position. Landed uneventfully after declaring emergency. Target airspeed was 161 KTS. Landing weight approximately 150000 pounds. Fuel dumping was not necessary.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B727-200 ON INITIAL CLB AT 1800 FT DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED DUE TO UNABLE TO RETRACT THE OUTBOARD TRAILING EDGE FLAPS. CAUSE UNKNOWN.
Narrative: ON FLAP RETRACTION, OUTBOARD FLAPS JAMMED AT FLAPS 2 DEGS POS. FOLLOWED ACFT OPERATING MANUAL PROCS FOR SPLIT FLAP POS. LANDED UNEVENTFULLY AFTER DECLARING EMER. TARGET AIRSPD WAS 161 KTS. LNDG WT APPROX 150000 LBS. FUEL DUMPING WAS NOT NECESSARY.
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.