UNABLE TO FULLY RETRACT FLAPS AFTER TKOF; CONTINUED TO DEST WITH APPROX 14 DEGS FLAPS EXTENDED. ACFT EQUIP PROB MALFUNCTION.

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AFTER TKOF; FLAP CTL FAULT OCCURRED AND WOULD NOT RESET; LEAVING APPROX 14 DEGS OF FLAP EXTENDED AND RESTRICTING SPD TO 200 KIAS OR LESS. THE CHKLIST FOR ABNORMAL PROCS WITH FLAP CTL FAULT WAS COMPLIED WITH; BUT RESET REMAINED UNSUCCESSFUL; AND AS SPECIFIED; LNDG 'AS SOON AS PRACTICAL' WAS PLANNED. THE ORIGINAL DEST WAS MIAMI; FL; INTL (MIA) WHICH WAS RPTING AND FORECASTING SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER WX. (THE RWYS AT TPA WERE VERY WET.) 'HISTORICAL' BLOCK TIME TPA-MIA IS 1:08 CONSUMING APPROX 1100 LBS OF FUEL. INITIAL FUEL ON BOARD WAS OVER 2500 LBS. FT LAUDERDALE (FLL) WAS PLANNED AS ALTERNATE AND 400 LBS ALLOWED FOR THIS; WITH 660 LBS BEING STANDARD FUEL RESERVE IFR. THIS ALL FIGURES OUT TO AN EXTRA 300 LBS OF FUEL AVAILABLE; BASICALLY. A 'PRACTICAL LNDG' DECISION WAS MADE BY ME TO CONTINUE THE FLT (UNDER NON EMER CONDITIONS OF COURSE); ADVISING ATC OF OUR SPD RESTRICTION; LNDG AT ABOUT 1000 LBS LESS WT; USING A RWY OVER 10000 FT LONG IN MIA. THE WX WAS ACTUALLY VFR ON ARR AND RWYS WERE DRY. OUR FLAP SIT SPECIFIES INCREASING THE 'UNFACTORED' LNDG DISTANCE BY 73 PERCENT.