<< >> NASA ASRS Report 880396, March 2010

A B737-500 flight crew declared an emergency when the flaps failed to extend as commanded and landed safely with flaps extended less than position one.

Attributes
ACN	880396
Time
Date	201003
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-500
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Flap Control (Trailing & Leading Edge)
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 205 Flight Crew Type 17000
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 166 Flight Crew Type 3500
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

Upon selecting flaps got no movement so we went through the alternate flap extension procedure (landing with flaps less than position 1) and landed uneventfully. Declared emergency and landed with airport fire and rescue meeting us. Landing was uneventful and taxied to maintenance hanger.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737-500 flight crew declared an emergency when the flaps failed to extend as commanded and landed safely with flaps extended less than position one.

Narrative: Upon selecting flaps got no movement so we went through the alternate flap extension procedure (landing with flaps less than position 1) and landed uneventfully. Declared emergency and landed with airport Fire and Rescue meeting us. Landing was uneventful and taxied to Maintenance hanger.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.