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Carj flight crew experiences flap failure on departure. Follow QRH and land overweight at departure airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 730776 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200703 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | msl single value : 3000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Weather Elements | Turbulence |
| Light | Dawn |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : zzz.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Regional Jet 200 ER&LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 125 |
| 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 |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 5900 |
| ASRS Report | 730776 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : flap fail message |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : diverted to another airport |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
On climb out 'flaps fail' caution from 20 degrees to 8 degrees. They were stuck at 20 degrees. We notified departure and asked for a couple of mins to run checks before landing back at ZZZ. QRH followed and normal checklists completed. Overweight landing at about 47500 pounds. Before approach; confirmed landing distance with company and fsm. Maintenance was notified.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CARJ FLT CREW EXPERIENCES FLAP FAILURE ON DEPARTURE. FOLLOW QRH AND LAND OVERWEIGHT AT DEP ARPT.
Narrative: ON CLBOUT 'FLAPS FAIL' CAUTION FROM 20 DEGS TO 8 DEGS. THEY WERE STUCK AT 20 DEGS. WE NOTIFIED DEP AND ASKED FOR A COUPLE OF MINS TO RUN CHKS BEFORE LNDG BACK AT ZZZ. QRH FOLLOWED AND NORMAL CHKLISTS COMPLETED. OVERWT LNDG AT ABOUT 47500 LBS. BEFORE APCH; CONFIRMED LNDG DISTANCE WITH COMPANY AND FSM. MAINT WAS NOTIFIED.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.