Crj-100 flight crew has a flap malfunction during approach; declares emergency and lands.

Attributes
ACN	725435
Time
Date	200701
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	msl single value : 6000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : zzz.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Regional Jet CL65 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 208 flight time total : 17.125
ASRS Report	725435
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : eicas flap warning other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : landed as precaution flight crew : declared emergency
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Upon arrival on approach control; we received flaps fail caution message. Flaps failed at zero. Ran QRH. Advised ATC and declared an emergency due to high approach speed. We notified dispatch through operations and received our landing distance for the procedure. Landing was successful without incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ-100 FLT CREW HAS A FLAP MALFUNCTION DURING APCH; DECLARES EMER AND LANDS.

Narrative: UPON ARR ON APCH CTL; WE RECEIVED FLAPS FAIL CAUTION MESSAGE. FLAPS FAILED AT ZERO. RAN QRH. ADVISED ATC AND DECLARED AN EMER DUE TO HIGH APCH SPD. WE NOTIFIED DISPATCH THROUGH OPS AND RECEIVED OUR LNDG DISTANCE FOR THE PROC. LNDG WAS SUCCESSFUL WITHOUT INCIDENT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.