A CRJ200 'FLAPS FAIL' CAS ANNUNCIATED AS FLAPS 8 WERE SELECTED PRIOR TO LNDG. AN EMER WAS DECLARED FOLLOWED BY A NORMAL LNDG.

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WE WERE DSNDING AFTER HAVING PASSED THE XYZ VOR; AND WERE PREPARING FOR THE VOR DME RWY 21 APCH. AS I STARTED TO SLOW THE ACFT; I CALLED FOR FLAPS 8 DEGS. WE IMMEDIATELY GOT A FLAPS FAIL CAUTION. WE RECEIVED CLRNC BACK TO THE VOR AND HELD AS PUBLISHED. THE FO PROCEEDED WITH THE EMER CHKLIST. WE INFORMED CTR THAT WE HAD A FLAP FAILURE AT THE ZERO FLAP SETTING; AND THAT WE WERE DECLARING AN EMER; AND REQUESTED CFR ASSISTANCE ON THE GND. WE SENT AN ACARS MESSAGE TO DISPATCH. WE INFORMED DISPATCH THAT OUR FLAPS HAD FAILED; AND WE WOULD BE DOING A ZERO FLAP LNDG. WE MADE AT LEAST 4 CIRCUITS IN THE HOLDING PATTERN. AFTER WE FINISHED THE EMER CHKLIST; WE BOTH THOROUGHLY DISCUSSED THE SITUATION AND SOME OF THE CONSIDERATIONS FOR A ZERO FLAP LNDG. AFTER ATC INFORMED US THAT CFR WAS STANDING BY; WE BEGAN THE APCH. THE APCH WAS OTHERWISE UNEVENTFUL. MAX THRUST REVERSE WAS USED; BUT BRAKE APPLICATION WAS NOT EXCESSIVE. NORMAL BRAKE APPLICATION WAS APPLIED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: REPORTER STATED THAT THE ACFT WAS A CRJ200.