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B737 crew discovered the flaps would not extend. The aircraft was a ferry repositioning flight because the air carrier had worked on the aircraft for the same problem at their main maintenance facility.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 535746 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200201 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | msl single value : 6000 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : zzz.tracon tower : abq.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 535746 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : flap indicator other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance controller : provided flight assist flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed in emergency condition none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : repair performance deficiency : testing |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft Company |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
Flaps not extending. Ferrying aircraft to ZZZ where it had been worked on for flaps failing to extend. We were on approach and unable to extend flaps via normal means. Alternate flaps extension was successful and we declared emergency and landed uneventfully. Pulled voice recorder circuit breaker.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 CREW DISCOVERED THE FLAPS WOULD NOT EXTEND. THE ACFT WAS A FERRY REPOSITIONING FLT BECAUSE THE ACR HAD WORKED ON THE ACFT FOR THE SAME PROB AT THEIR MAIN MAINT FACILITY.
Narrative: FLAPS NOT EXTENDING. FERRYING ACFT TO ZZZ WHERE IT HAD BEEN WORKED ON FOR FLAPS FAILING TO EXTEND. WE WERE ON APCH AND UNABLE TO EXTEND FLAPS VIA NORMAL MEANS. ALTERNATE FLAPS EXTENSION WAS SUCCESSFUL AND WE DECLARED EMER AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. PULLED VOICE RECORDER CIRCUIT BREAKER.
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.