Swift B738 at Prague on Sep 23rd 2019, flaps failure

Last Update: September 24, 2019 / 20:43:38 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 23, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
Swiftair

Flight number
QS-1147

Aircraft Registration
N277EA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A Swift Air Boeing 737-800 on behalf of Smartwings, registration N277EA performing flight QS-1147 from Rhodes (Greece) to Prague (Czech Republic) with 166 passengers and 6 crew, was on approach to Prague when the crew reported a flaps failure requiring them to land flaps up. The aircraft landed on runway 24 at a higher than normal speed (about 200 knots over ground), rolled out safely and turned off the runway via the high speed turn off about 2970 meters/9750 feet down the runway and stopped clear of the runway. Emergency services monitored and cooled the brakes using pressure ventilators.

The airport reported the crew reported a flap failure, the aircraft landed flaps up. Emergency services intervened and used overpressure ventilators to cool the brakes while thermally monitoring the brakes.

Smartwings reported a faulty sensor was replaced during a thorough inspection, the aircraft was returned to service.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 2:40 hours, then returned to service departing for flight QS-1132 from Prague to Kefallinia (Greece). The aircraft however did not perform the return flight QS-1133 on Sep 23rd but remained on the ground in Kefallinia for about 20 hours before performing the return flight.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 23, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
Swiftair

Flight number
QS-1147

Aircraft Registration
N277EA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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