Created Monday, Jan 30th 2023 20:42Z, last updated Monday, Jan 30th 2023 20:42Z
A Westjet Boeing 737-700, registration C-FWSV performing flight
WS-8975 from Halifax,NS to Toronto,ON (Canada), declared PAN PAN at some stage into the flight due to flaps indication that required a flaps up landing. The crew used the alternate flaps system to extend the leading edge devices and landed safely on Toronto's runway 05 at a higher than normal speed.
The Canadian TSB reported that the aircraft had already returned to Halifax earlier that morning due to a similiar flaps indication. Maintenance determined a connector was dirty, the connector was cleaned and checked and the aircraft was returned to service. During the occurrence flight the crew received a flaps asymmetry indication at 10,000 feet climbing out of Halifax. The crew verified that the flaps had fully retracted and the aircraft was in a clean configuration, then decided to continue to destination. At the destination they used the alternate flaps system to extend the leading edge devices and performed a 0-degrees flap landing with no airspeed or structural limits being exceeded. Maintenance replaced the #5 skew sensor and connector and by that occasion discovered that the connector had short circuited. The flaps were subsequently tested serviceable.
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