Flight crew of an light transport air carrier aircraft declared an emergency and returned due to wing flaps failing to completely retract after takeoff.

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Attributes
ACN	261723
Time
Date	199401
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cvg
State Reference	OH
Altitude	msl bound lower : 3000 msl bound upper : 3000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : cvg tower : cvg artcc : ztl
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : initial climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 300 flight time total : 5900 flight time type : 300
ASRS Report	261723
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Flaps failed to retract full after takeoff 'emergency was declared.' returned to cincinnati for landing. 'No further incidents were noted or observed!'

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF AN LTT ACR ACFT DECLARED AN EMER AND RETURNED DUE TO WING FLAPS FAILING TO COMPLETELY RETRACT AFTER TKOF.

Narrative: FLAPS FAILED TO RETRACT FULL AFTER TKOF 'EMER WAS DECLARED.' RETURNED TO CINCINNATI FOR LNDG. 'NO FURTHER INCIDENTS WERE NOTED OR OBSERVED!'

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.