Narrative:

We departed and during climb we retracted the flaps per company profiles. When the flaps reached the 0 degree position (or shortly thereafter); we received a 'flaps fail' cas message. I ran the QRH checklist. Once completed; we elected to continue the flight to our filed destination for the following reasons: 1) an examination of the flight control synoptic page; determined that the flaps were fully retracted (0) and no asymmetry existed; a normal 'clean' wing. 2) both the first officer and I are more familiar with the destination airport. 3) the filed destination has longer runways than the departure airport (9;000 ft vs. 6;800 ft). 4) the filed destination has more extensive rescue facilities than the departure airport. 5) there was fine weather enroute and more importantly at destination. 6) flying to our destination would enable us to burn some 1;500 pounds fuel; thus lowering our weight; approach speed and landing roll. Enroute; we informed center of the flap malfunction and declaring an emergency with them and asked them to give approach a 'heads up'. We also informed dispatch via ACARS. As we approached our destination; I briefed the flight attendant. I then made an announcement to the passengers informing them of our predicament and what to expect during the approach and landing. For some reason some of the passengers couldn't hear the announcement. The flight attendant called back up to me; I explained to her what I had said and she was kind enough to brief those passengers who had not understood my announcement. We asked approach for and received a fifteen mile final. We landed without incident and rolled to the end of the runway. Once clear of the runway the crash fire rescue vehicles come up to the aircraft and we had them examine the brakes. We were soon given the all clear and proceeded in to our gate and off loaded our passengers. At the gate I telephoned dispatch/maintenance control and gave them details of the incident. I am not too sure why the flaps failed when they were up; best ask maintenance about this one.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CRJ200 CAS alerted FLAPS FAIL after the flaps were fully retracted so the crew continued to the filed destination; declared an emergency and landed without incident.

Narrative: We departed and during climb we retracted the flaps per Company profiles. When the flaps reached the 0 degree position (or shortly thereafter); we received a 'FLAPS FAIL' CAS message. I ran the QRH checklist. Once completed; we elected to continue the flight to our filed destination for the following reasons: 1) An examination of the flight control synoptic page; determined that the flaps were fully retracted (0) and no asymmetry existed; a normal 'clean' wing. 2) Both the First Officer and I are more familiar with the destination airport. 3) The filed destination has longer runways than the departure airport (9;000 FT vs. 6;800 FT). 4) The filed destination has more extensive rescue facilities than the departure airport. 5) There was fine weather enroute and more importantly at destination. 6) Flying to our destination would enable us to burn some 1;500 LBS fuel; thus lowering our weight; approach speed and landing roll. Enroute; we informed Center of the flap malfunction and declaring an emergency with them and asked them to give Approach a 'heads up'. We also informed Dispatch via ACARS. As we approached our destination; I briefed the Flight Attendant. I then made an announcement to the passengers informing them of our predicament and what to expect during the approach and landing. For some reason some of the passengers couldn't hear the announcement. The Flight Attendant called back up to me; I explained to her what I had said and she was kind enough to brief those passengers who had not understood my announcement. We asked Approach for and received a fifteen mile final. We landed without incident and rolled to the end of the runway. Once clear of the runway the crash fire rescue vehicles come up to the aircraft and we had them examine the brakes. We were soon given the all clear and proceeded in to our gate and off loaded our passengers. At the gate I telephoned Dispatch/Maintenance Control and gave them details of the incident. I am not too sure why the flaps failed when they were up; best ask Maintenance about this one.

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.