B757-200
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 42; Flight Crew Total 14500; Flight Crew Type 9500
Workload; Distraction; Situational Awareness
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe
Flight Crew FLC complied w / Automation / Advisory; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; General Maintenance Action
Aircraft
During takeoff at 1;000 feet AGL; called for VNAV flaps 5. The flaps immediately froze at about 13 and 15. We got the trailing edge flap assym message. There was also a flaps elec status message. We engaged the autopilot and continued the departure at 170 kts. We notified ATC we were working a flap problem and ran the checklists. It called for leaving the flaps as set and using flaps 30 ref plus 30. We also looked at the landing charts to verify runway needed with the non standard configuration. We called dispatch and let him know what was going on and asked them where they wanted the airplane to be fixed. Contingency requested us to land at our next destination to make service. The dispatcher asked us if we were comfortable with that and we were. Also; by this time we were closer to that airport than the departure airport. We asked dispatch to verify our landing charts and calculations. He agreed we had the required runway for landing. We landed uneventfully; exited the runway and taxied to the ramp. There were no issues with the brakes. The emergency was cancelled and a fireman came to the aircraft for our information.
A B757 flight crew reported EICAS TRAILING EDGE FLAP ASSYM message and the FLAPS ELEC status alert. With flaps between 13-15 the flight continued to a nearby airport for maintenance.