CL65 crew had a flap failure and did a 0 degree flap landing that required diversion to another airp...

Attributes
ACN	606071
Time
Date	200401
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pwm.airport
State Reference	ME
Altitude	msl single value : 2500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : pwm.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Regional Jet CL65, Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing : roll
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 4600 flight time type : 1800
ASRS Report	606071
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : flap indicators other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : landed as precaution flight crew : diverted to another airport
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

The previous day, this crew experienced a flap failure to extend on approach to the hub city and we performed a zero flap landing. On the night of this report, we discussed how we would handle a similar event if the situation were to occur when en route to an out station. We discussed how to program the FMS to divert to another airport in the event the original destination had insufficient runway length, how to have it calculate the time en route and fuel requirements for the diversion, and how to use it to communicate our intentions to our company so that they could transmit runway performance data for the new destination. On approach to our destination, we were then amazed to be confronted with the exact same problem we had the previous day -- the flaps failed to extend again! (Different airplane). Our subsequent implementation of the plan we had just reviewed contributed to excellent CRM and a divert to a more suitable airport where an uneventful zero flap landing was again accomplished.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CL65 CREW HAD A FLAP FAILURE AND DID A 0 DEG FLAP LNDG THAT REQUIRED DIVERSION TO ANOTHER ARPT.

Narrative: THE PREVIOUS DAY, THIS CREW EXPERIENCED A FLAP FAILURE TO EXTEND ON APCH TO THE HUB CITY AND WE PERFORMED A ZERO FLAP LNDG. ON THE NIGHT OF THIS RPT, WE DISCUSSED HOW WE WOULD HANDLE A SIMILAR EVENT IF THE SIT WERE TO OCCUR WHEN ENRTE TO AN OUT STATION. WE DISCUSSED HOW TO PROGRAM THE FMS TO DIVERT TO ANOTHER ARPT IN THE EVENT THE ORIGINAL DEST HAD INSUFFICIENT RWY LENGTH, HOW TO HAVE IT CALCULATE THE TIME ENRTE AND FUEL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DIVERSION, AND HOW TO USE IT TO COMMUNICATE OUR INTENTIONS TO OUR COMPANY SO THAT THEY COULD XMIT RWY PERFORMANCE DATA FOR THE NEW DEST. ON APCH TO OUR DEST, WE WERE THEN AMAZED TO BE CONFRONTED WITH THE EXACT SAME PROB WE HAD THE PREVIOUS DAY -- THE FLAPS FAILED TO EXTEND AGAIN! (DIFFERENT AIRPLANE). OUR SUBSEQUENT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN WE HAD JUST REVIEWED CONTRIBUTED TO EXCELLENT CRM AND A DIVERT TO A MORE SUITABLE ARPT WHERE AN UNEVENTFUL ZERO FLAP LNDG WAS AGAIN ACCOMPLISHED.

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.

CL65 crew had a flap failure and did a 0 degree flap landing that required diversion to another airport.