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Flight crew of an airbus 310C return land with partial flaps after the wing flaps stuck during retraction during departure climb. Aircraft was below maximum landing weight and the ground emergency equipment was standing by.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 390436 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199801 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : las |
| State Reference | NV |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 3000 agl bound upper : 3000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : las |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A310 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Route In Use | departure other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | other other : other pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 466 |
| ASRS Report | 390436 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 85 flight time total : 9300 flight time type : 1300 |
| ASRS Report | 390431 |
| 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:
Upon flap retraction ht during departure climb, flaps were selected up. Flaps retracted then stuck at approximately 5 degrees. Emergency checklists followed with no recovery of flap control. Slats operated normally. An uneventful partial flap landing followed with a return to las. Emergency equipment was standing by at request of ATC. Landing weight below gross landing weight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN AIRBUS 310C RETURN LAND WITH PARTIAL FLAPS AFTER THE WING FLAPS STUCK DURING RETRACTION DURING DEP CLB. ACFT WAS BELOW MAX LNDG WT AND THE GND EMER EQUIP WAS STANDING BY.
Narrative: UPON FLAP RETRACTION HT DURING DEP CLB, FLAPS WERE SELECTED UP. FLAPS RETRACTED THEN STUCK AT APPROX 5 DEGS. EMER CHKLISTS FOLLOWED WITH NO RECOVERY OF FLAP CTL. SLATS OPERATED NORMALLY. AN UNEVENTFUL PARTIAL FLAP LNDG FOLLOWED WITH A RETURN TO LAS. EMER EQUIP WAS STANDING BY AT REQUEST OF ATC. LNDG WT BELOW GROSS LNDG WT.
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.