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Three B747 pilots describe an approach with the final flaps not selected until 500 ft when prompted by the GPWS. The flying first officer was new to the aircraft having completed IOE two months prior without a landing since.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1120843 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201310 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B747 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Flap Control (Trailing & Leading Edge) |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying First Officer |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 180 Flight Crew Total 20300 Flight Crew Type 180 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer Relief Pilot |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 230 Flight Crew Total 25000 Flight Crew Type 5000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
While flying visual approach the GPWS announced too low flaps at 500 ft; the captain (pilot not flying) placed the flaps to 25 and we landed without incident. He felt it was safer to put flaps down than to do a go around. It was my first actual flying leg since IOE in mid august; it was bumpy on final with airspeed varying plus 7-10 KTS..
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Three B747 pilots describe an approach with the final flaps not selected until 500 FT when prompted by the GPWS. The flying First Officer was new to the aircraft having completed IOE two months prior without a landing since.
Narrative: While flying visual approach the GPWS announced too low flaps at 500 FT; the Captain (pilot not flying) placed the flaps to 25 and we landed without incident. He felt it was safer to put flaps down than to do a go around. It was my first actual flying leg since IOE in mid August; it was bumpy on final with airspeed varying plus 7-10 KTS..
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.