Envoy E135 at San Antonio on Dec 13th 2018, flaps problem

Last Update: December 15, 2018 / 23:24:04 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 13, 2018

Classification
Incident

Cause
Flaps problem

Airline
Envoy Air

Flight number
MQ-3924

Departure
Dallas Ft. Worth, United States

Destination
Del Rio, United States

Aircraft Registration
N809AE

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-135

ICAO Type Designator
E135

An Envoy Embraer ERJ-135, registration N809AE performing flight MQ-3924/AA-3924 from Dallas Ft. Worth,TX to Del Rio,TX (USA) with 26 people on board, was descending towards Del Rio when the crew reported a flaps problem, diverted to San Antonio,TX (USA) and requested emergency services on standby. The aircraft positioned for a long approach to San Antonio's runway 31L and landed safely at a higher speed than normal (150 knots over ground, 20 knots headwind component). The aircraft vacated the runway and stopped on the adjacent taxiway for an inspection by emergency services.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for 12 hours before returning to service.



Metars:
KSAT 140551Z 31020G32KT 10SM OVC038 09/01 A2997 RMK AO2 PK WND 29032/0543 SLP136 T00890011 10106 20056 402060056 50000=
KSAT 140451Z 30023G29KT 10SM BKN039 09/01 A2997 RMK AO2 PK WND 29030/0402 SLP137 T00890011=
KSAT 140351Z 30017G31KT 10SM BKN040 09/01 A2997 RMK AO2 PK WND 30035/0310 SLP136 T00890011=
KSAT 140251Z 29017G26KT 10SM BKN040 09/01 A2997 RMK AO2 PK WND 29034/0240 SLP137 T00940011 51015=
KSAT 140151Z 29014G26KT 10SM BKN060 09/01 A2995 RMK AO2 PK WND 30030/0140 SLP132 T00890011=
KSAT 140051Z 30020G32KT 10SM FEW041 SCT050 09/01 A2994 RMK AO2 PK WND 29032/0044 SLP129 T00940011=
KSAT 132351Z 30017G23KT 10SM BKN049 11/01 A2992 RMK AO2 PK WND 28036/2325 SLP122 60000 T01060011 10206 20106 51050=
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 13, 2018

Classification
Incident

Cause
Flaps problem

Airline
Envoy Air

Flight number
MQ-3924

Departure
Dallas Ft. Worth, United States

Destination
Del Rio, United States

Aircraft Registration
N809AE

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-135

ICAO Type Designator
E135

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