If flap protection prevents movement when the flap lever is moved downward, which statement best describes the flap action?

• A. Flaps extend to a mid position
• B. Flaps move normally
• C. Flaps do not move and remain in current position
• D. Flaps retract completely

Answer: (C)

When flap protection is active, it overrides a commanded movement to keep the flaps within safe limits. If you move the flap lever downward but the protection prevents motion, the system cannot actuate the flaps, so they stay exactly where they are. In other words, the flaps do not move and remain in their current position.

This contrasts with the other possibilities: extending to a mid position would require the system to move the flaps, which isn’t allowed here; moving normally would occur if there were no protection; retracting completely would require upward movement, which also isn’t happening because the protection is blocking the command.