B737 flight crew return to land due to flap problem after takeoff.

Attributes
ACN	557052
Time
Date	200207
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mia.airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : mia.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : initial climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 3.5 flight attendant time total : 3.5 flight attendant time type : 80
ASRS Report	557052
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : landed as precaution other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

After takeoff, we got an interphone call from cockpit stating we had a flap problem and would be circling around miami until they could figure out what to do next. We stayed seated, then they called and said they had to declare emergency landing and we would return to miami and that no other preparations were necessary. We would land faster and possibly harder than normal. An announcement was made to passenger, and hour and half later, we landed without incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 FLC RETURN TO LAND DUE TO FLAP PROB AFTER TKOF.

Narrative: AFTER TKOF, WE GOT AN INTERPHONE CALL FROM COCKPIT STATING WE HAD A FLAP PROB AND WOULD BE CIRCLING AROUND MIAMI UNTIL THEY COULD FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO NEXT. WE STAYED SEATED, THEN THEY CALLED AND SAID THEY HAD TO DECLARE EMER LNDG AND WE WOULD RETURN TO MIAMI AND THAT NO OTHER PREPARATIONS WERE NECESSARY. WE WOULD LAND FASTER AND POSSIBLY HARDER THAN NORMAL. AN ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE TO PAX, AND HR AND HALF LATER, WE LANDED WITHOUT 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.