Originally Posted by
22/04
Would most continue to destination if flap limiting speed had been exceeded? Not sure I would be happy as pax.
it isn't the overspeed of the flaps itself that is the problem, it is the better than even chance that the crew when confronted with the next alert for the overspeed end up retracting the flaps while overspeeding... It is a small minority of crews that don't compound overspeeds by flicking switches levers and bell cranks into eye pleasing order, instead of just correcting the flight path. The system is pretty tolerant, if abused enough stuff falls off but more often than not it is remarkably benign. There were the two checkers in a B74F competing for the lowest rung that flicked the flaps just so and the ind RH trailing element came off did a pirouette/flettnery thingy and speared into the fuselage at 90 degrees like a lawn dart. Post shut down, "Nil Defects", but the maintenance engineer noticed the rearranged flaps. Failed in overload... biggly! Ferried back home with lotsa speed tape de-press'd, and got parted out, cancelled the amendment service for the applicable AMM/AFM etc.. Blenders flew again... gear did too. flaps... not so much.