CRJ50 first officer reports a flap fail caution message approaching 14;000 ft during climb. Flight c...

Narrative:

On our flight we received at flaps fail caution message. We got the message while the flaps were at 0 degrees. Our altitude was approximately 13;500 ft and were about to be level at our final cruising altitude of 14;000 ft. We ran the QRH procedure for the flaps fail. After that the captain spoke to dispatch then maintenance about our problem. Dispatch; the captain and I agreed that we would land at destination. We advised ATC that we needed to declare an emergency because of our flaps failure. Without flaps the aircraft has to be flown at a higher than normal landing airspeed; but we landed without incident.according to the aircraft log book the aircraft had a flaps fail indication on the ground a few days prior (from a different flight crew) and the problem was corrected by maintenance control by resetting the flaps. My only suggestion for avoiding recurrence of this event would be to take a closer look at the flap electronic control unit (fecu) to see if the system is faulty. After this event took place; the company/maintenance allowed us with a special ferry permit to fly the aircraft to be inspected by company maintenance. I am confident that the problem will be corrected.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ50 First Officer reports a flap fail caution message approaching 14;000 FT during climb. Flight continues to destination for a no flap landing. A previous flap fail had been reset by Maintenance two days prior.

Narrative: On our flight we received at flaps fail caution message. We got the message while the flaps were at 0 degrees. Our altitude was approximately 13;500 FT and were about to be level at our final cruising altitude of 14;000 FT. We ran the QRH procedure for the flaps fail. After that the Captain spoke to Dispatch then Maintenance about our problem. Dispatch; the Captain and I agreed that we would land at destination. We advised ATC that we needed to declare an emergency because of our flaps failure. Without flaps the aircraft has to be flown at a higher than normal landing airspeed; but we landed without incident.According to the aircraft log book the aircraft had a flaps fail indication on the ground a few days prior (from a different flight crew) and the problem was corrected by Maintenance Control by resetting the flaps. My only suggestion for avoiding recurrence of this event would be to take a closer look at the Flap Electronic Control Unit (FECU) to see if the system is faulty. After this event took place; the company/maintenance allowed us with a special ferry permit to fly the aircraft to be inspected by Company Maintenance. I am confident that the problem will be corrected.

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	961845
Time
Date	201107
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet CL65 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Component
Aircraft Component	Trailing Edge Flap
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

CRJ50 first officer reports a flap fail caution message approaching 14;000 ft during climb. Flight continues to destination for a no flap landing. A previous flap fail had been reset by maintenance two days prior.