Skywest CRJ2 at Akron Canton on Nov 7th 2019, flaps fail

Last Update: November 9, 2019 / 20:33:44 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 7, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
Skywest Airlines

Flight number
UA-5488

Departure
Chicago O'Hare, United States

Destination
Akron-Canton, United States

Aircraft Registration
N947SW

Aircraft Type
Canadair Corporate Jetliner

ICAO Type Designator
CRJ2

A Skywest Canadair CRJ-200 on behalf of United, registration N947SW performing flight UA-5488 from Chicago O'Hare,IL to Akron-Canton,OH (USA) with 51 people on board, was on approach to Akron-Canton when the crew stopped the descent at 3000 feet reporting they had a FLAPS FAIL indication. The aircraft entered a hold while the crew worked the related checklists, the crew subsequently requested to divert to Cleveland,OH (USA) due to the longer runways available. The aircraft climbed to 5000 feet for the diversion and landed safely on Cleveland's runway 24L (runway 24R was closed due to snow removal) about 35 minutes after stopping the descent to Akron-Canton.

The aircraft remained on the ground for about 14 hours, then completed the flight to Akron-Canton and landed at the destination with a delay of 15 hours.
Aircraft Registration Data
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Country of Registration
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 7, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
Skywest Airlines

Flight number
UA-5488

Departure
Chicago O'Hare, United States

Destination
Akron-Canton, United States

Aircraft Registration
N947SW

Aircraft Type
Canadair Corporate Jetliner

ICAO Type Designator
CRJ2

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