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The technical manual had a chart for that too—not the performance tables from the FCOM, but the actual Boeing certified data for damaged flap deployment. Ellis read the line aloud: "Flaps 15, brake cooling schedule: 2200 feet at MLW. Dry runway. Add 20% for lightning strike uncertainty."
Ellis nodded. "Get the big book."
But this wasn’t a quick problem.
"Landing distance?" the FO asked.
Ellis reached over and pulled C809— FLAP LOAD LIMIT —a breaker no pilot had ever pulled in training. Then he engaged the alternate flaps switch. Slowly, agonizingly, the 737-800’s trailing edge flaps extended 15 degrees. Not much, but enough. boeing 737-800 technical manual
"I don't have it memorized—it's not in the QRH memory items," the FO replied. The technical manual had a chart for that
The storm over Denver was a monster—hail the size of golf balls, winds throwing ramp equipment like toys. Flight 2219, a 737-800, was on final approach when lightning struck the radome. Add 20% for lightning strike uncertainty