B777 captain reported refusing an aircraft due to a recurring trailing edge flap issue.

Attributes
ACN	1703007
Time
Date	201911
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B777-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Flap Control (Trailing & Leading Edge)
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Maintenance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

Refused aircraft due to reoccurring problem with the flaps locking at 2 degrees with no defects found. The inbound flight had the flaps lock at 2 degrees. The maintenance corrective action was; no faults noted; operations check ok. Upon a review of the logbook; I noted that this was a reoccurring problem that had been written up on at least two prior occasions. Once I made this discovery I contacted maintenance and asked them if they were aware of the history. Maintenance was aware. I refused the aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B777 Captain reported refusing an aircraft due to a recurring trailing edge flap issue.

Narrative: Refused aircraft due to reoccurring problem with the flaps locking at 2 degrees with no defects found. The inbound flight had the flaps lock at 2 degrees. The maintenance corrective action was; no faults noted; operations check OK. Upon a review of the logbook; I noted that this was a reoccurring problem that had been written up on at least two prior occasions. Once I made this discovery I contacted Maintenance and asked them if they were aware of the history. Maintenance was aware. I refused the aircraft.

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.