Air Canada E175 at Toronto on Oct 8th 2012, flaps problem

Last Update: October 26, 2012 / 19:06:05 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 8, 2012

Classification
Incident

Cause
Flaps problem

Airline
Air Canada

Flight number
AC-500

Departure
Chicago O'Hare, United States

Destination
Toronto, Canada

Aircraft Registration
C-FEKH

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-175

ICAO Type Designator
E175

An Air Canada Embraer ERJ-175, registration C-FEKH performing flight AC-500 from Chicago O'Hare,IL (USA) to Toronto,ON (Canada) with 54 people on board, was on final approach to Toronto's runway 24L when the crew received slat/flaps disagree message and went around from about 1100 feet MSL. After working the checklists the crew advised they had solved the problem but still requested emergency services on stand by, positioned for another approach to runway 24L and landed safely about 15 minutes after going around.

The Canadian TSB reported that maintenance performed the troubleshoot actions as by the aircraft maintenance manual but found no fault.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 8, 2012

Classification
Incident

Cause
Flaps problem

Airline
Air Canada

Flight number
AC-500

Departure
Chicago O'Hare, United States

Destination
Toronto, Canada

Aircraft Registration
C-FEKH

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-175

ICAO Type Designator
E175

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