Crj-200 first officer reported they were released for a ferry flight with flaps to be left at positi...

Attributes
ACN	1339367
Time
Date	201603
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	CLT.Tower
State Reference	NC
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 200 ER/LR (CRJ200)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Trailing Edge Flap
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown

Narrative:

Ferry permit required aircraft to be flown with flaps 20 at 15000 ft or below. After takeoff; captain instinctively and without call began to retract flaps to 8. I signaled him to stop but they were already being retracted. Once at the 8 position I suggested they remain at 8 degrees since they were not supposed to be moved at all. Captain wanted to be in compliance with the ferry permit which required flaps to be at the 20 position so he extended the flaps back to 20. Moments later we received a flaps fail caution message. The rest of the flight went without incident. Flaps should be disabled for ferry requiring them to remain in position. That is the only solution to guard against the human factor. Muscle memory compels us to do many things in the flight deck.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ-200 First Officer reported they were released for a ferry flight with flaps to be left at position 20; but they inadvertently retracted them to position 8.

Narrative: Ferry Permit required aircraft to be flown with flaps 20 at 15000 ft or below. After takeoff; Captain instinctively and without call began to retract flaps to 8. I signaled him to stop but they were already being retracted. Once at the 8 position I suggested they remain at 8 degrees since they were not supposed to be moved at all. Captain wanted to be in compliance with the Ferry Permit which required flaps to be at the 20 position so he extended the flaps back to 20. Moments later we received a Flaps Fail caution message. The rest of the flight went without incident. Flaps should be disabled for ferry requiring them to remain in position. That is the only solution to guard against the human factor. Muscle memory compels us to do many things in the flight deck.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

Crj-200 first officer reported they were released for a ferry flight with flaps to be left at position 20; but they inadvertently retracted them to position 8.