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B737 captain reported continuing approach to a normal landing after noting trailing edge flaps would not extend beyond position 15.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1611976 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201901 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.TRACON |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach Initial Approach Landing |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Trailing Edge Flap |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 198 Flight Crew Type 5684 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe |
Narrative:
On approach; flaps moved normally to position 15. When we attempted to select flaps 30; flaps stayed at position 15. We reselected 15 and then reattempted to select a higher flap setting. The flaps stayed at position 15.we briefly discussed a go-around but decided the best course of action was to land as the airplane was stable and in an approved landing configuration. We were familiar with landing distances from our training and knew that 10;800 feet of dry runway was adequate.I used emergency authority to reselect flaps 15; set flaps 15 ref and target speed; and to set the flap inhibit switch to inhibit.we landed normally and wrote the airplane up on arrival at the gate.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 Captain reported continuing approach to a normal landing after noting trailing edge flaps would not extend beyond position 15.
Narrative: On approach; flaps moved normally to position 15. When we attempted to select flaps 30; flaps stayed at position 15. We reselected 15 and then reattempted to select a higher flap setting. The flaps stayed at position 15.We briefly discussed a go-around but decided the best course of action was to land as the airplane was stable and in an approved landing configuration. We were familiar with landing distances from our training and knew that 10;800 feet of dry runway was adequate.I used emergency authority to reselect flaps 15; set flaps 15 ref and target speed; and to set the flap inhibit switch to inhibit.We landed normally and wrote the airplane up on arrival at the gate.
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.