Following receipt of the aircraft's third spoiler fail EICAS message of the day; the flight crew of ...

Narrative:

Shortly after take off; a spoiler fail message was presented on our EICAS. After complying with the aom procedures for a spoiler fail message and being further directed by that procedure to apply the emergency procedure 'inadvertent spoiler opening in flight' procedure; we declared a precautionary emergency with ATC and company operations and made a planned 300 lb overweight landing. After landing; aml entries were made for both the spoiler fail event and the overweight landing. It was noted that this spoiler fail event was the third such event logged for this tail number today. The aom touchdown criteria for a safe overweight landing was followed and the aircraft landed normally and softly with a less than 300 fpm rate of descent.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Following receipt of the aircraft's third SPOILER FAIL EICAS message of the day; the flight crew of an EMB145 declared an emergency and returned to the departure airport for an overweight landing.

Narrative: Shortly after take off; a Spoiler Fail message was presented on our EICAS. After complying with the AOM procedures for a Spoiler Fail message and being further directed by that procedure to apply the Emergency Procedure 'Inadvertent Spoiler Opening In Flight' procedure; we declared a precautionary emergency with ATC and company operations and made a planned 300 lb overweight landing. After landing; AML entries were made for both the Spoiler Fail event and the overweight landing. It was noted that this Spoiler Fail event was the third such event logged for this tail number today. The AOM touchdown criteria for a safe overweight landing was followed and the aircraft landed normally and softly with a less than 300 fpm rate of descent.

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.

Attributes
ACN	854993
Time
Date	200910
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 145 ER&LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Spoiler System
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Total 16789
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Following receipt of the aircraft's third spoiler fail EICAS message of the day; the flight crew of an EMB145 declared an emergency and returned to the departure airport for an overweight landing.