A CL65 ON APCH AT 10000 FT DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED DUE TO 'FLAPS FAIL' MESSAGE. LNDG UNEVENTFUL. CREW RPTS THIS IS A RECURRING PROB.

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WHILE COMMENCING APCH TO ZZZ; THE FLT PLAN CALLED FOR FLAPS 8; WITH FLAPS 8 SELECTED WE EXPERIENCED A SUBSEQUENT 'FLAPS FAIL' CAUTION MESSAGE ENCOUNTER. ATC WAS NOTIFIED. QRH WAS COMPLETED AND FLAPS VERIFIED TO BE AT 0 DEGS. THE COMPANY WAS NOTIFIED AND AN EMER WAS DECLARED AS PER COMPANY POLICY. AFTER CONVERSING WITH COMPANY; ZZZ1 WAS SELECTED AS AN APPROPRIATE ARPT FOR DIVERSION DUE TO THE WX AT ZZZ (2600-1; BLOWING SNOW) BEING LESS THAN IDEAL FOR THE CURRENT SITUATION. CFR WAS REQUESTED TO BE STANDING BY AND WAS NOT NECESSARY UPON OUR ARR AT ZZZ1. THIS HAS BEEN A RECURRING EVENT ON THIS MAKE AND MODEL. I UNDERSTAND THERE IS AN AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE PERTAINING TO THIS DEFECT. AS FOR A REMEDY; THAT IS FOR THE PROFESSIONALS WHO MAKE IT THEIR BUSINESS TO EFFECT THEM.CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTRS REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE 'FLAPS FAIL' SITUATION IS A RECURRING PROB AND APPEARS TO HAVE NO POSITIVE FIX. THE RPTR STATED THAT LNDG FLAPS UP AT 180 KTS ON TIRES CERTIFIED FOR 170 MPH CAN BE HAZARDOUS.