B737 ng captain reported an unstabilized approach during arrival to lga airport. The crew elected to...

Narrative:

While on a visual approach to runway 22 at lga; ATC gave us a heading to intercept final behind an [air carrier] flight; turning us inside the final approach. As I was turning to final we encountered wake turbulence. I disconnected the auto pilot and was flying visually to insure spacing. There was considerable radio chatter while trying to get a landing clearance. I thought we were configured to land but realized we were at flaps 30. The first officer (first officer) was putting flaps to 40 and we completed the check list. The landing was normal. As we debriefed the approach I realized we were not fully configured. As the pilot flying I should have made a go-around.better adherence to our SOP and checklist. Not allowing ATC to fly the aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 NG Captain reported an unstabilized approach during arrival to LGA airport. The crew elected to continue the landing instead of executing a go-around. Distraction from a wake turbulence encounter was cited as a contributing factor.

Narrative: While on a visual approach to runway 22 at LGA; ATC gave us a heading to intercept final behind an [air carrier] flight; turning us inside the final approach. As I was turning to final we encountered wake turbulence. I disconnected the auto pilot and was flying visually to insure spacing. There was considerable radio chatter while trying to get a landing clearance. I thought we were configured to land but realized we were at flaps 30. The First Officer (FO) was putting flaps to 40 and we completed the check list. The landing was normal. As we debriefed the approach I realized we were not fully configured. As the pilot flying I should have made a go-around.Better adherence to our SOP and Checklist. Not allowing ATC to fly the aircraft.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1377134
Time
Date	201608
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	LGA.Airport
State Reference	NY
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Next Generation Undifferentiated
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter

B737 ng captain reported an unstabilized approach during arrival to lga airport. The crew elected to continue the landing instead of executing a go-around. Distraction from a wake turbulence encounter was cited as a contributing factor.