Emergency declared when the trailing edge flaps are split on a B737. No fuel dump capability on this aircraft. Aircraft held for 2 hours to reduce landing weight.

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Attributes
ACN	351407
Time
Date	199610
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : abq
State Reference	NM
Altitude	msl bound lower : 10000 msl bound upper : 10000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : abq
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	descent : approach other other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 22000 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	351407
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
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Split flap during initial flap extension. Flew around abq for 2 hours to reduce vref. Declared emergency and made uneventful leading edge zero flap landing by the book (QRH). (Flap split 0 degrees and 1 degree.)

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EMER DECLARED WHEN THE TRAILING EDGE FLAPS ARE SPLIT ON A B737. NO FUEL DUMP CAPABILITY ON THIS ACFT. ACFT HELD FOR 2 HRS TO REDUCE LNDG WT.

Narrative: SPLIT FLAP DURING INITIAL FLAP EXTENSION. FLEW AROUND ABQ FOR 2 HRS TO REDUCE VREF. DECLARED EMER AND MADE UNEVENTFUL LEADING EDGE ZERO FLAP LNDG BY THE BOOK (QRH). (FLAP SPLIT 0 DEGS AND 1 DEG.)

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.