CRJ200 FLT CREW REPORT FLAP FAIL MSG DURING APPROACH; AND AFTER COMPLYING WITH QRH PROCEDURES A NO FLAP LANDING IS ACCOMPLISHED.

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THE INBOUND CREW ADVISED ME OF A FLAPS FAILURE THAT HAD OCCURRED THAT SAME DAY. I NOTED THE 2 WRITE-UPS IN THE LOG AND CALLED MAINT CTL FOR CLARIFICATION OF MY UNDERSTANDING. WE DEPARTED FOR ZZZZ AFTER SOME CONSIDERABLE DELAY WITH A GND STOP. IT WAS THE FO'S LEG. ARR ATIS AT ZZZ ADVISED WINDS 310 DEGS AT 27 KTS GUSTING TO 39 KTS; 10 SM VISIBILITY; FEW048 M08/M24 ALTIMETER 30.02. WE WERE CLRED FOR A VISUAL. OUTSIDE THE FAF AT APPROX 2000 FT AND 200 KIAS; THE FO CALLED FOR FLAPS 8 DEGS. I SELECTED THIS WITH THE FLAPS LEVER; BUT WE GOT THE 'FLAPS FAIL' CAUTION MESSAGE WITH NO APPARENT MOVEMENT OF THE FLAPS AS PER EICAS AND FLT CTL SYNOPTIC PAGE. I ORDERED A GAR AND ADVISED THE TWR. WE RECEIVED VECTORS TO TROUBLESHOOT. THE QRH PROC WAS COMPLIED WITH AND I SPOKE TO DISPATCH WHO RAN THE NUMBERS. THE FLT ATTENDANT AND PAX WERE ADVISED. I DID NOT DECLARE AN EMER. APCH CTL ASKED FOR FUEL AND NUMBER OF SOULS ON BOARD; AND IF WE WANTED CFR TO STAND BY. I OPTED TO TAKE THIS AS A PRECAUTION. A XFER OF ACFT CTL TO MYSELF WAS MADE AND THE APCH; LNDG AND TAXI TO THE GATE COMPLETED WITHOUT INCIDENT. FOR 2 FLAPS FAIL EVENTS ON AN ACFT IN THE SAME DAY CERTAINLY MERITS INVESTIGATION.