Sunwing B738 at Edmonton on Nov 27th 2015, flaps on strike

Last Update: December 11, 2015 / 21:16:48 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 27, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Sunwing Airlines

Flight number
WG-274

Departure
Mazatlan, Mexico

Destination
Edmonton, Canada

Aircraft Registration
C-GOWG

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A Sunwing Boeing 737-800, registration C-GOWG performing flight WG-274 from Mazatlan (Mexico) to Edmonton,AB (Canada), was on an ILS approach to Edmonton's runway 30 when the crew could not select more than 10 degrees of flaps. The crew went around, joined a downwind and worked the trailing edge flaps disagree checklist. The crew was subsequently able to extend the flaps to 15 degrees and decided to land in this configuration. The aircraft landed safely at a higher than normal speed, emergency services were requested on stand by to check the brakes.

The Canadian TSB reported maintenance was unable to reproduce the fault and returned the aircraft to service.
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ICAO Aircraft Type
B738
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 27, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Sunwing Airlines

Flight number
WG-274

Departure
Mazatlan, Mexico

Destination
Edmonton, Canada

Aircraft Registration
C-GOWG

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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