An A319 flight crew; planning to land flaps three vice four; was distracted by a cabin check ECAM wa...

Attributes
ACN	1145555
Time
Date	201401
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	PHL.Airport
State Reference	PA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Gear Extend/Retract Mechanism
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach

Narrative:

The first officer called for flaps 3; landing checklist. I started the checklist and when about to call gear I saw the blue cabin check light on the upper ECAM. I pressed the call bell and waited for cabin check to go green. I then continued the landing ECAM; signs blue; status checked. Pm skipped gear call. At around 900 feet we got a GPWS landing gear warning. I quickly put down the gear lever. We were stabilized and configured by 500 feet. I; as PIC; elected to continue the approach and uneventful landing.probable causes included landing with flaps 3. Poor cabin management caused distraction at inopportune time. I should have started the checklist over like I have done a million times before. It was never an emergency. I deemed it safer to continue since we were stable. We should start check lists over when distracted. Do not go beyond flaps two before the gear is down when landing flaps three. Take the cabin ready off the damn ECAM. We missed it four times in nine legs.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A319 flight crew; planning to land flaps three vice four; was distracted by a Cabin Check ECAM warning and failed to extend the landing gear. They received the landing gear EGPWS warning in time to extend the gear and stabilize by 500 AGL in VMC.

Narrative: The First Officer called for Flaps 3; Landing Checklist. I started the checklist and when about to call gear I saw the blue Cabin Check light on the upper ECAM. I pressed the call bell and waited for Cabin Check to go Green. I then continued the landing ECAM; signs Blue; Status checked. PM skipped gear call. At around 900 feet we got a GPWS Landing Gear Warning. I quickly put down the gear lever. We were stabilized and configured by 500 feet. I; as PIC; elected to continue the approach and uneventful landing.Probable causes included landing with Flaps 3. Poor cabin management caused distraction at inopportune time. I should have started the checklist over like I have done a million times before. It was never an emergency. I deemed it safer to continue since we were stable. We should start check lists over when distracted. Do not go beyond flaps two before the gear is down when landing flaps three. Take the cabin ready off the damn ECAM. We missed it four times in nine legs.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

An A319 flight crew; planning to land flaps three vice four; was distracted by a cabin check ECAM warning and failed to extend the landing gear. They received the landing gear egpws warning in time to extend the gear and stabilize by 500 AGL in VMC.