UTAir AT72 at Surgut on Apr 25th 2021, retracted instead of extending flaps

Last Update: April 28, 2021 / 13:40:05 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 25, 2021

Classification
Incident

Airline
UTAir

Flight number
UT-112

Destination
Surgut, Russia

Aircraft Registration
VQ-BMA

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

A UTAir Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, registration VQ-BMA performing flight UT-112 from Ekaterinburg to Surgut (Russia), was on approach to Surgut's runway 07, flaps were already extended to 15 degrees, when the captain, pilot flying, commanded to extend the flaps to 30 degrees, however, the first officer, pilot monitoring, retracted the flaps to position 0, detected the mistake and then extended the flaps to 30 degrees. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on runway 07.

Rosaviatsia reported the crew voluntarily reported the mistake, the QAR data confirm the flaps were reduced from 15 to 0 degrees then selected to 30 degrees.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 25, 2021

Classification
Incident

Airline
UTAir

Flight number
UT-112

Destination
Surgut, Russia

Aircraft Registration
VQ-BMA

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

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