EMB ERJ 145 ER/LR
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe
Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; General Declared Emergency; General Maintenance Action
Aircraft
The First Officer was flying the aircraft at the time; on downwind he asked for flaps 9.  When I selected flaps 9; we immediately received an EICAS warning for the flaps.  We then ran the flap failure checklist.  When we completed the checklist; I declared an emergency.  We advised the flight attendant; dispatch and maintenance control of the situation. I then took control of the aircraft and made a 0 flap landing. We made a safe landing; taxied the aircraft to the gate.  After we shut down the aircraft; I wrote up the failure. Once we had all of the passengers off of the aircraft local maintenance met us to talk about what had happened.  I showed them the write up and they said that they would take care of it.  The event occurred because of a failure in the flap system.
EMB145 Captain describes a flap failure during a visual approach with the First Officer flying. Checklist procedures are complied with and the Captain takes over the flying duties to accomplish the no flap landing.