A319
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical
Air Traffic Control Provided Assistance; Flight Crew Executed Go Around / Missed Approach; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; Flight Crew Requested ATC Assistance / Clarification; General Declared Emergency
Aircraft
During VFR approach the flaps were extended on schedule. FCTL ECAM flap fault displayed when flaps moved to position 2. Flaps locked in position between 1 and 2. As per ECAM instructions attempted to cycle flaps with no success. Flaps remained locked between 1 and 2 for the remainder of the flight. A go around was executed; an emergency was declared; and vectors were requested. The aircraft was stabilized at 9;000 feet. The ECAM was completed; the QRC was referenced and it was determined that a safe landing was possible. ATC provided vectors to final; an uneventful approach and landing was completed without further issue. The flap handle was left in the directed position 3.
An A319 crew was alerted by ECAM to a flap extension fault during a visual approach when the flaps locked in position between 1 and 2. Following procedure; recycling the flap handle did not correct the problem; a go-around was initiated; an emergency was declared; and the aircraft returned to land uneventfully.