A glassair I pilot reported the aircraft's flaps would not extend beyond the first notch. In additio...

Attributes
ACN	915348
Time
Date	201010
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Experimental
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Direct Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Trailing Edge Flap
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60 Flight Crew Total 5000 Flight Crew Type 3.5
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Ground Event / Encounter Object Ground Excursion Runway Inflight Event / Encounter Object

Narrative:

[I] was asked to ferry aircraft. Aircraft was a glassair very clean aircraft that likes to fly. During ground check /preflight of aircraft the flaps were stiff but worked ok. I failed to take note of idle being set very high. I printed off all available information on this aircraft. I went through the operator's manual. Flight was uneventful till I started in the pattern. The flaps would not extend past the first notch. With throttle fully closed I was still over 1200 RPM I did not trust myself to kill the engine during flight. (Even though I fly gliders) even crossing the numbers at 5 KTS above stall it still took 2-3 thousand feet to slow down and settle on the runway. This airspeed is very mushy I would say squirrelly I aborted the landing three times on the third time I drifted off the runway and broke a runway edge light. I also cracked the wheel pant of the aircraft. No injuries occurred and very minimal damage to the aircraft. The two operational abnormalities along with the performance quickly took me out of my comfort zone and experience level was also being stretched.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Glassair I pilot reported the aircraft's flaps would not extend beyond the first notch. In addition; the engine RPM would not decrease below 1200 so he had trouble slowing the aircraft for landing and upon touchdown drifted off the runway.

Narrative: [I] was asked to ferry aircraft. Aircraft was a Glassair very clean aircraft that likes to fly. During ground check /preflight of aircraft the flaps were stiff but worked OK. I failed to take note of idle being set very high. I printed off all available information on this aircraft. I went through the operator's manual. Flight was uneventful till I started in the pattern. The flaps would not extend past the first notch. With throttle fully closed I was still over 1200 RPM I did not trust myself to kill the engine during flight. (Even though I fly gliders) even crossing the numbers at 5 KTS above stall it still took 2-3 thousand feet to slow down and settle on the runway. This airspeed is very mushy I would say squirrelly I aborted the landing three times on the third time I drifted off the runway and broke a runway edge light. I also cracked the wheel pant of the aircraft. No injuries occurred and very minimal damage to the aircraft. The two operational abnormalities along with the performance quickly took me out of my comfort zone and experience level was also being stretched.

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.

A glassair I pilot reported the aircraft's flaps would not extend beyond the first notch. In addition; the engine RPM would not decrease below 1200 so he had trouble slowing the aircraft for landing and upon touchdown drifted off the runway.