A320
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Training / Qualification; Troubleshooting; Workload
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical
Flight Crew Executed Go Around / Missed Approach; Flight Crew FLC complied w / Automation / Advisory; General Declared Emergency
Aircraft
On approach; I called for flaps 2 and we then received an ECAM message FLAPS LOCKED - DUE TO ALIGNMENT. The flaps stayed at almost 2 and the leading edge devices operated normally. We discontinued the approach; declared an emergency; and asked for vectors to deal with the ECAM. We ran the ECAM (which had no actions); performed the status page items and then followed up with the QRH. This all took less than five minutes and we were vectored back around for a normal landing. The landing was uneventful and we taxied to the gate. Everything was normal except the flaps stayed at the position they failed (locked) at when we selected flaps 0 after landing.
During approach; an A320 ECAM alerted FLAPS LOCKED - DUE TO ALIGNMENT; so an emergency was declared; the QRH procedure completed; and a normal landing ensused.