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Flight attendant report regarding a B757 which had a flap problem during climb. They returned to departure airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 419066 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199811 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : mia airport : mia |
| State Reference | FL |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : mia tower : rno |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 419066 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
We took off, started climbing but leveled at a lower altitude than normal and just kept cruising and turned around. The captain called and said we were returning to mia because of a problem with the flaps and we landed back in mia without incident, fixed the problem and we took off for sfo, no problem.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLT ATTENDANT RPT REGARDING A B757 WHICH HAD A FLAP PROB DURING CLB. THEY RETURNED TO DEP ARPT.
Narrative: WE TOOK OFF, STARTED CLBING BUT LEVELED AT A LOWER ALT THAN NORMAL AND JUST KEPT CRUISING AND TURNED AROUND. THE CAPT CALLED AND SAID WE WERE RETURNING TO MIA BECAUSE OF A PROB WITH THE FLAPS AND WE LANDED BACK IN MIA WITHOUT INCIDENT, FIXED THE PROB AND WE TOOK OFF FOR SFO, NO PROB.
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.