B737-800 flight crew reports landing with flaps 25 instead of the planed flaps 30 due to aircraft not fully configured at 1;000 feet AGL. At 500 feet a 'too low flaps' GPWS warning is issued and the first officer suggests a go-around but the captain elects to land.

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Attributes
ACN	1176170
Time
Date	201405
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	LGA.Airport
State Reference	NY
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-800
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Flap Control (Trailing & Leading Edge)
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach

Narrative:

Not completely configured by 1;000 feet; elected to land flaps 25. Configure earlier.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-800 flight crew reports landing with flaps 25 instead of the planed flaps 30 due to aircraft not fully configured at 1;000 feet AGL. At 500 feet a 'too low flaps' GPWS warning is issued and the First Officer suggests a go-around but the Captain elects to land.

Narrative: Not completely configured by 1;000 feet; elected to land flaps 25. Configure earlier.

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.