Air carrier flight crew experienced a slat fail issue during final approach. The appropriate procedu...

Narrative:

During vectors to final for a visual back up by the RNAV; we received a slat fail EICAS message on short final. We immediately leveled off and brought the landing gear up. At this point we notified ATC that we need to go around and run a checklist. ATC promptly issued vectors to the north of the airport. I was the pilot flying and I transferred control of the radio and the aircraft to the first officer. He did a fantastic job flying the aircraft and backing me up on the QRH that was required.I ran the QRH procedure which involved a lot of math. We checked the math to make sure that ZZZ was a suitable runway to land on. The runway length was suitable because we were able to get the flaps to come down into the full position. After completing the checklist; we advised [operations] of our intentions via ACARS. We double checked that they agreed with how we were proceeding and with what our plan was. They acknowledged us with one message saying 'I'm good.' I immediately notified the cabin crew that we were working a yellow emergency due to a slat issue. I briefly explained what happened and how it affected us and advised that we would be returning to land in less than 10 minutes.the first officer was still flying the aircraft and requested vectors for a 10 mile final as directed by the QRH. I made an announcement to the passengers to advise them of the situation and the intentions we had. After completing my announcement; I took control of the aircraft and continued to fly from this point forward. The landing was made uneventfully. The QRH directed us to stop and monitor brake temps after landing and we complied with that. Because the temperature was so slow low we proceeded to taxi to the gate without any assistance from ground personnel. After parking at the gate and deplaning we debriefed as a crew; contacted [operations]; the dispatcher; and made a logbook entry with the maintenance controller.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier flight crew experienced a Slat Fail issue during final approach. The appropriate procedures were followed and the flight landed without incident.

Narrative: During vectors to final for a visual back up by the RNAV; we received a SLAT FAIL EICAS message on short final. We immediately leveled off and brought the landing gear up. At this point we notified ATC that we need to go around and run a checklist. ATC promptly issued vectors to the North of the airport. I was the pilot flying and I transferred control of the radio and the aircraft to the First Officer. He did a fantastic job flying the aircraft and backing me up on the QRH that was required.I ran the QRH procedure which involved a lot of math. We checked the math to make sure that ZZZ was a suitable runway to land on. The runway length was suitable because we were able to get the flaps to come down into the full position. After completing the checklist; we advised [operations] of our intentions via ACARS. We double checked that they agreed with how we were proceeding and with what our plan was. They acknowledged us with one message saying 'I'm good.' I immediately notified the cabin crew that we were working a yellow emergency due to a Slat issue. I briefly explained what happened and how it affected us and advised that we would be returning to land in less than 10 minutes.The first officer was still flying the aircraft and requested vectors for a 10 mile final as directed by the QRH. I made an announcement to the passengers to advise them of the situation and the intentions we had. After completing my announcement; I took control of the aircraft and continued to fly from this point forward. The landing was made uneventfully. The QRH directed us to stop and monitor brake temps after landing and we complied with that. Because the temperature was so slow low we proceeded to taxi to the gate without any assistance from ground personnel. After parking at the gate and deplaning we debriefed as a crew; contacted [operations]; the dispatcher; and made a logbook entry with the maintenance controller.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1398262
Time
Date	201610
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 170/175 ER/LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Flap/Slat Control System
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe

Air carrier flight crew experienced a slat fail issue during final approach. The appropriate procedures were followed and the flight landed without incident.