A crj-50 first officer reported a 'flaps fail' EICAS message after takeoff. The crew ran the procedu...

Attributes
ACN	891559
Time
Date	201006
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet CL65 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb Initial Climb
Component
Aircraft Component	Trailing Edge Flap
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 9000 Flight Crew Type 7500
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

Upon normal flap retraction during climb-out we received a 'flaps fail' message when selecting 8 degrees from 20 degrees. The flaps failed at 18 degrees. We declared an emergency and ATC provided delay vectors while we ran checklists and QRH and talked to maintenance and dispatch. Maintenance approved an overweight landing and dispatch provided our numbers for a 50000# card. We touched down at about 75 feet per minute and with normal braking and thrust reverser use stopped at just prior to the 1000 feet remaining sign on runway; normal taxi in.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CRJ-50 First Officer reported a 'FLAPS FAIL' EICAS message after takeoff. The Crew ran the procedures; declared an emergency; and returned to departure airport.

Narrative: Upon normal flap retraction during climb-out we received a 'FLAPS FAIL' message when selecting 8 degrees from 20 degrees. The flaps failed at 18 degrees. We declared an emergency and ATC provided delay vectors while we ran checklists and QRH and talked to Maintenance and Dispatch. Maintenance approved an overweight landing and Dispatch provided our numbers for a 50000# card. We touched down at about 75 feet per minute and with normal braking and thrust reverser use stopped at just prior to the 1000 feet remaining sign on runway; normal taxi in.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

A crj-50 first officer reported a 'flaps fail' EICAS message after takeoff. The crew ran the procedures; declared an emergency; and returned to departure airport.