Flight crew of carj experience flaps stuck at 20 degrees after takeoff from cvg.

Attributes
ACN	641304
Time
Date	200412
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cvg.airport
State Reference	OH
Altitude	msl single value : 2400
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : cvg.tracon tower : cvg.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 200 ER&LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 170 flight time total : 6300 flight time type : 3955
ASRS Report	641304
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : eicas flaps warning other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	other Other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

After takeoff from cvg runway 27, when the flap selector was moved from 20 degrees to 8 degrees, we received a flaps fail caution message. The left and right flap outlines on the flight controls a synoptic page were both amber and both sides showed 20 degrees. We complied with the QRH and consulted with dispatch and maintenance about performing an overweight landing. Our landing weight would be 49500 pounds. Dispatch's landing distance required data showed plenty of extra runway available for a landing at that weight and maintenance advised that as long as the vertical speed at touchdown was less than 360 FPM then no write-up or inspection for the landing weight was required. An uneventful landing at cvg was performed with a touchdown rate of descent of 1000 FPM.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT CREW OF CARJ EXPERIENCE FLAPS STUCK AT 20 DEGS AFTER TKOF FROM CVG.

Narrative: AFTER TKOF FROM CVG RWY 27, WHEN THE FLAP SELECTOR WAS MOVED FROM 20 DEGS TO 8 DEGS, WE RECEIVED A FLAPS FAIL CAUTION MESSAGE. THE L AND R FLAP OUTLINES ON THE FLT CTLS A SYNOPTIC PAGE WERE BOTH AMBER AND BOTH SIDES SHOWED 20 DEGS. WE COMPLIED WITH THE QRH AND CONSULTED WITH DISPATCH AND MAINT ABOUT PERFORMING AN OVERWT LNDG. OUR LNDG WT WOULD BE 49500 LBS. DISPATCH'S LNDG DISTANCE REQUIRED DATA SHOWED PLENTY OF EXTRA RWY AVAILABLE FOR A LNDG AT THAT WT AND MAINT ADVISED THAT AS LONG AS THE VERT SPD AT TOUCHDOWN WAS LESS THAN 360 FPM THEN NO WRITE-UP OR INSPECTION FOR THE LNDG WT WAS REQUIRED. AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG AT CVG WAS PERFORMED WITH A TOUCHDOWN RATE OF DSCNT OF 1000 FPM.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.