# Incident 20040329004319I: Boeing 75733N, San Francisco, CA, March 29, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2004, 08:44 local time
- Place: San Francisco, CA
- Airport: San Francisco International
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AMTA
- Location: 37.6188° N, 122.3754° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN FRANCISCO INTL (SFO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6188&lon=-122.3754&mi=10
- Aircraft: N551TZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 75733N
- Reported engine: RROYCE RB211*
- People aboard: 73
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,454 total, 1,776 in this make and model, 217 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040329004319I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) CREW INDICATED ON APPROACH INTO SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, AFTER FLAPS 5 SELECTED, TRAILING EDGE FLAPS LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND FLAP ASSYMMETRY DISPLAYED ON ENGINE INDICATION AND CREW ALERTING SYSTEM (EICAS). AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL REPORTED AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED BECAUSE OF A FLAP PROBLEM. THE CREW STATED THEY EXECUTED A GO AROUND AND PERFORMED TRAILING EDGE FLAP ASYMMETRY CHECKLIST IN QUICK REFERENCE HANDBOOK, MADE APPROACH TO A NORMAL LANDING. THE CREW STATED NO ASYMMETRY NOTED NO FLAP POSITION INDICATORS, NO ROLL TENDENCY NOTED WHILE FLYING.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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