Aerosvit B763 at Kiev on Apr 16th 2012, flaps asymmetry

Last Update: May 26, 2012 / 15:32:52 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 16, 2012

Flight number
VV-186

Destination
Kiev, Ukraine

Aircraft Registration
UR-AAG

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

An Aerosvit Airlines Boeing 767-300, registration UR-AAG performing flight VV-186 from Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) to Kiev (Ukraine), was on approach to Kiev when the crew selected flaps 30 but received a flaps asymmetry indication. The flaps were selected back to 20 degrees and a safe landing at a higher than normal speed was completed.

Ukraine's Ministry of Transport reported in their monthly bulletin that maintenance replaced a pair of position sensors on the left and one position sensor at the right hand wing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 16, 2012

Flight number
VV-186

Destination
Kiev, Ukraine

Aircraft Registration
UR-AAG

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

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