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Summary:

While climbing through 8,800 ft after departing Doncaster-Sheffield Airport, the pilots noticed an electrical smell on the flight deck followed by a build-up of grey smoke in the cabin. A MAYDAY was declared and on the approach the flaps were selected down but remained in the retracted position. 皇冠体育app aircraft landed without further incident.

皇冠体育app smoke was caused by overheating of the flap motor. 皇冠体育app flaps UP limit switch had not operated due to wear in the system and so electrical power continued to be supplied to the motor after the flaps reached the retracted position prior to takeoff. 皇冠体育app flap motor Circuit Breaker was found to be intermittent and had not initially tripped to protect the motor from overload.

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