B737-800
Training / Qualification; Workload
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical
Flight Crew Diverted; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; Flight Crew FLC complied w / Automation / Advisory; General Declared Emergency
Aircraft
Configuring on schedule on a visual approach to Runway 19; flight crew noticed a trailing flap asymmetry and a trailing flap disagree at approximately 1;300-1;500 FT AGL. As the final flap setting of 40 was selected the flight crew observed the flaps had split and were stuck at 27 degrees (approximately) on the left and 29 degrees (approximately) on the right. A go-around was initiated and emergency declared with ATC. Aircraft diverted to a nearby International Airport and completed appropriate checklists (Trailing Edge Flap Asymmetry) and landed without incident.
A B737-800 crew declared an emergency and diverted to a nearby airport after a TE FLAP ASYMMETRY and TE FLAP DISAGREE alerted on final at an airport with a relatively short runway.