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Crj first officer reported catching his sleeve on the flap lever and moving it to the #1 position. He caught the error right away and moved the handle back to zero before the slats started to move.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1426188 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201702 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Medium Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Speed All Types Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
In cruise at 320 kts I was working in the FMS with my left hand. My wristwatch caused my sleeve to bunch up and catch on the flap lever. The flap lever moved to the flaps 1 position.I felt it pull on my wrist and knew immediately what had happened. Within a second or two I returned the lever to flaps 0. The overspeed clacker had already sounded and I looked at ED1 for a flaps display. I saw that the flaps/gear display was not on ED1 and I told the captain it was an inadvertent flap movement but the lever was back at flaps 0.ED1 never showed a flap movement and there was no pitch change so we concluded that the slats probably didn't have a chance to extend. We continued the flight and contacted maintenance at our destination when we landed. I now wear my wristwatch on my right arm to prevent any chance of this happening again.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CRJ First Officer reported catching his sleeve on the flap lever and moving it to the #1 position. He caught the error right away and moved the handle back to zero before the slats started to move.
Narrative: In cruise at 320 kts I was working in the FMS with my left hand. My wristwatch caused my sleeve to bunch up and catch on the flap lever. The flap lever moved to the Flaps 1 position.I felt it pull on my wrist and knew immediately what had happened. Within a second or two I returned the lever to Flaps 0. The overspeed clacker had already sounded and I looked at ED1 for a flaps display. I saw that the Flaps/Gear display was not on ED1 and I told the captain it was an inadvertent flap movement but the lever was back at Flaps 0.ED1 never showed a flap movement and there was no pitch change so we concluded that the slats probably didn't have a chance to extend. We continued the flight and contacted maintenance at our destination when we landed. I now wear my wristwatch on my right arm to prevent any chance of this happening again.
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.