MD11 flight crew reports not selecting final flaps until below 1;000 ft on final.

Attributes
ACN	1121313
Time
Date	201310
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-11
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Component
Aircraft Component	Trailing Edge Flap
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Type 150
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach

Narrative:

On visual approach; below 1;000 ft AGL; crew recognized aircraft not in normal landing configuration at flaps 28. Crew selected flaps 35 and landed uneventfully.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD11 flight crew reports not selecting final flaps until below 1;000 FT on final.

Narrative: On visual approach; below 1;000 FT AGL; crew recognized aircraft not in normal landing configuration at flaps 28. Crew selected flaps 35 and landed uneventfully.

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.