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| Attributes | |
| ACN | 149409 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199006 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : bwi |
| State Reference | MD |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 1500 agl bound upper : 1500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : bwi |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing : go around landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 1500 |
| ASRS Report | 149409 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
On approach bwi, runway 33, about 1500', flaps 1 degree selected, first officer noted trailing edge flaps splitting. On selection of 5 degree flaps, split showed 1/2 degree left and 4 degrees right, aircraft tended to roll off slightly. Split flaps go-around was made, abnormal checklist was run, company notified, returned to bwi and no flap landing made west/O incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR JUST OUTSIDE OM HAS TRAILING EDGE SPLIT FLAP INDICATION. GO AROUND EXECUTED AND RETURN FOR NO FLAP LNDG.
Narrative: ON APCH BWI, RWY 33, ABOUT 1500', FLAPS 1 DEG SELECTED, F/O NOTED TRAILING EDGE FLAPS SPLITTING. ON SELECTION OF 5 DEG FLAPS, SPLIT SHOWED 1/2 DEG L AND 4 DEGS R, ACFT TENDED TO ROLL OFF SLIGHTLY. SPLIT FLAPS GO-AROUND WAS MADE, ABNORMAL CHKLIST WAS RUN, COMPANY NOTIFIED, RETURNED TO BWI AND NO FLAP LNDG MADE W/O 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.