Narrative:

[We were] about 15-20 miles out; on a dogleg downwind. I was the pilot flying. Upon descending through 10;000 AGL; with the autopilot disengaged and below 250 KIAS I called for flaps 9. We immediately received a flap fail caution on the EICAS. The flaps indicated 0; with the flap lever in the '9' position. While the captain ran the appropriate QRH I re-engaged the autopilot; leveled the airplane at our previously assigned altitude of 6;000 AGL and began to slow to about 180 KTS. We informed center of our situation; that we'd need a minute to work the problem and declared an emergency. I continued to fly the airplane northwest of the airport while we figured things out. It was apparent early on that we did not have much fuel to work with (about 2;300 pounds remaining). The QRH brought us to adjusted performance numbers for no flap landing (1.65 times actual flaps 45 distance). The new landing distance with flaps 0 was about 4;600 ft and the runway was about 6;500 ft. The closest airport with a longer runway was too far given our fuel. We decided to continue the approach to our destination. While I coordinated with ops to get emergency equipment ready the captain took control of the aircraft. It took roughly 5 minutes for emergency vehicles to get into position during which we ran the performance numbers again and briefed the flight attendant. We discussed the approach; and what we would do on the landing rollout. We would both apply full brakes. The approach was successful. We touched down a little bit prior to the fixed distance marker. We both applied full brakes; and full reverse. The aircraft stopped in about 3;500 ft with plenty of runway remaining. We taxied off the runway; parked at the gate and had an aircraft relay to center that we were on the ground.the flap fail coupled with low fuel meant we had little time to make a decision. Many tasks needed to be accomplished in a short time in order to set up properly for the no flap landing. The approach and landing was uneventful.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An EMB-145 flight crew conducted an uneventful zero flap approach and landing at their remote destination when the flaps failed to extend.

Narrative: [We were] about 15-20 miles out; on a dogleg downwind. I was the pilot flying. Upon descending through 10;000 AGL; with the autopilot disengaged and below 250 KIAS I called for flaps 9. We immediately received a FLAP FAIL caution on the EICAS. The flaps indicated 0; with the flap lever in the '9' position. While the Captain ran the appropriate QRH I re-engaged the autopilot; leveled the airplane at our previously assigned altitude of 6;000 AGL and began to slow to about 180 KTS. We informed Center of our situation; that we'd need a minute to work the problem and declared an emergency. I continued to fly the airplane northwest of the airport while we figured things out. It was apparent early on that we did not have much fuel to work with (about 2;300 LBS remaining). The QRH brought us to adjusted performance numbers for no flap landing (1.65 times actual flaps 45 distance). The new landing distance with flaps 0 was about 4;600 FT and the runway was about 6;500 FT. The closest airport with a longer runway was too far given our fuel. We decided to continue the approach to our destination. While I coordinated with ops to get emergency equipment ready the Captain took control of the aircraft. It took roughly 5 minutes for emergency vehicles to get into position during which we ran the performance numbers again and briefed the flight attendant. We discussed the approach; and what we would do on the landing rollout. We would both apply full brakes. The approach was successful. We touched down a little bit prior to the fixed distance marker. We both applied full brakes; and full reverse. The aircraft stopped in about 3;500 FT with plenty of runway remaining. We taxied off the runway; parked at the gate and had an aircraft relay to Center that we were on the ground.The FLAP FAIL coupled with low fuel meant we had little time to make a decision. Many tasks needed to be accomplished in a short time in order to set up properly for the no flap landing. The approach and landing was uneventful.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.