A B757 flight crew; distracted by a report of a coyote on the runway; failed to set flaps to 30 unti...

Attributes
ACN	1269280
Time
Date	201506
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ORD.Airport
State Reference	IL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757 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/Slat Control System
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 63 Flight Crew Total 983 Flight Crew Type 11
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

VFR approach to ord runway 27R. Initiated landing check with flaps 20 and gear down well prior to FAF. Somewhere between approximately 1;300 feet and 800 feet AGL; the preceding aircraft on rollout reported a coyote along the left edge of the runway near the departure end taxiway C1. We were distracted by the coyote and the cautions issued by tower. We completed the 100 foot callouts normally; but failed to configure the flaps to 30 until we received the 'too low flaps' GPWS callout. We reacted immediately by lowering flaps to 30 and landed uneventfully. We realized immediately after lowering the flaps that we should have executed a go-around/missed approach instead per SOP. The coyote had exited the runway/taxiway area and was in the grass area moving away from runway 27R and not a factor.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B757 flight crew; distracted by a report of a coyote on the runway; failed to set flaps to 30 until receiving a 'Too Low Flaps' warning. The crew set flaps to 30 and proceeded with an uneventful landing.

Narrative: VFR approach to ORD runway 27R. Initiated landing check with Flaps 20 and gear down well prior to FAF. Somewhere between approximately 1;300 feet and 800 feet AGL; the preceding aircraft on rollout reported a coyote along the left edge of the runway near the departure end taxiway C1. We were distracted by the coyote and the cautions issued by tower. We completed the 100 foot callouts normally; but failed to configure the flaps to 30 until we received the 'Too Low Flaps' GPWS callout. We reacted immediately by lowering flaps to 30 and landed uneventfully. We realized immediately after lowering the flaps that we should have executed a go-around/missed approach instead per SOP. The coyote had exited the runway/taxiway area and was in the grass area moving away from runway 27R and not a factor.

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A B757 flight crew; distracted by a report of a coyote on the runway; failed to set flaps to 30 until receiving a 'too low flaps' warning. The crew set flaps to 30 and proceeded with an uneventful landing.