B767 flight crew is informed after the fact that a flap exceedance occurred on one of their flights ...

Attributes
ACN	862058
Time
Date	200911
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B767-300 and 300 ER
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Leading Edge Flap
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Speed All Types

Narrative:

I had no idea until today that I had a flap over speed situation. The man in charge of data analysis called to tell me about this. Apparently I called for and the flap handle was up at 230 KTS. We were heavy; so this sounds about right. According to the data analysis man; the flaps were up but the leading edge devices were still out and we exceeded the max flap speed. I do not doubt this at all given that we were on a flat panel aircraft. Had we been on a normal panel aircraft; this would not have even been a possibility. My advice to anyone flying that flat panel aircraft is to put the autopilot on as soon as possible and use VNAV. Do not try to fly it or you may get a call from data analysis.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B767 Flight Crew is informed after the fact that a flap exceedance occurred on one of their flights several weeks prior. This information came from downloaded data.

Narrative: I had no idea until today that I had a flap over speed situation. The man in charge of data analysis called to tell me about this. Apparently I called for and the flap handle was up at 230 KTS. We were heavy; so this sounds about right. According to the data analysis man; the flaps were up but the leading edge devices were still out and we exceeded the max flap speed. I do not doubt this at all given that we were on a flat panel aircraft. Had we been on a normal panel aircraft; this would not have even been a possibility. My advice to anyone flying that flat panel aircraft is to put the autopilot on as soon as possible and use VNAV. Do not try to fly it or you may get a call from data analysis.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

B767 flight crew is informed after the fact that a flap exceedance occurred on one of their flights several weeks prior. This information came from downloaded data.