Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 373
Confusion; Time Pressure; Training / Qualification; Troubleshooting
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical
Flight Crew FLC complied w / Automation / Advisory; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; General Declared Emergency
Aircraft
On the arrival flying downwind; the First Officer asked for flaps 5. When I moved the flap handle to the flaps 5 position; there was no flap movement displayed on the flap position indicator. Both indicators remained at zero. After determining there were no popped circuit breakers; we got out the QRH and ran the checklist for No Trailing Edge Flaps. The Standby Flap switch was armed and the Flap switch was moved and held in the down position. Still there was no flap movement shown by the indicators. We did however have leading edge flaps extended. I checked the circuit breakers again and found the 'TE Flap Drive AC' breaker had popped. After the cooling period; I reset the breaker; and once again tried the Alternate Flap switch. The breaker popped a second time. We continued the checklist and configured for a no flaps landing. After completing the checklist; I took the controls and asked the First Officer to review the QRH and make sure nothing had been skipped. I continued on the controls to the landing. We had been given the left runway for landing. We wanted the longer right runway; so at this point we declared an emergency; requested the longer runway and landed without incident.
A B737-300 Captain reported that when flaps 5 were selected no trailing edge flap movement occurred so an emergency was declared; the QRH completed and a landing with Leading Edge devices only completed.