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An airbus 300-600 after takeoff at 3000 ft aircraft diverted due to the trailing edge flaps failed to retract and stopped at 17 units. Cause unknown.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 536679 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200201 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 3000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : zzz.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Route In Use | departure : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 9500 flight time type : 200 |
| ASRS Report | 536679 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : multi engine pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 100 |
| ASRS Report | 536581 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : ecam flap indication other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : diverted to another airport |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
After takeoff on flap retraction, flaps stopped at 17 degrees, no asymmetrical problems. Followed ECAM and checklists. Returned to ZZZ, runway xx, no emergency was declared. Approach, landing, and taxi in were all uneventful.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN AIRBUS 300-600 AFTER TKOF AT 3000 FT ACFT DIVERTED DUE TO THE TRAILING EDGE FLAPS FAILED TO RETRACT AND STOPPED AT 17 UNITS. CAUSE UNKNOWN.
Narrative: AFTER TKOF ON FLAP RETRACTION, FLAPS STOPPED AT 17 DEGS, NO ASYMMETRICAL PROBS. FOLLOWED ECAM AND CHKLISTS. RETURNED TO ZZZ, RWY XX, NO EMER WAS DECLARED. APCH, LNDG, AND TAXI IN WERE ALL UNEVENTFUL.
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.