A B757 flight crew reported a le slat EICAS message on short final; as flaps 30 was selected but fla...

Narrative:

Upon arriving at the aircraft and reviewing the logbook; I saw the aircraft had a leading edge flap asymmetry EICAS message and light on the inbound leg. We reviewed the QRH procedure for le slat asymmetry prior to departing the gate. Maintenance cleared it for flight and we left. We were cleared the visual to land on 26 and told to hold 210 KIAS and not descend below 3000 ft MSL until the shoreline. We configured the aircraft as the speeds slowed and selected landing flaps 30 below 160 KIAS. As the flap handle was moved to 30 we saw the EICAS message and light and noticed the flap gauge was reading 25. I placed the flap handle back to the 25 position. We were around 1200 ft AGL with the runway straight ahead of us when the first officer asked me what I wanted to do. I felt a go-around would have placed us in a more serious situation with low fuel. I told him to land. The first officer increased the airspeed as required from our earlier review of the procedure and made an uneventful landing. In my first sentence; I stated incorrectly the prior write up. It was a leading edge slat asymmetry; not leading edge flap asymmetry.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B757 flight crew reported a LE Slat EICAS message on short final; as flaps 30 was selected but flaps remained at 25. Because of the close proximity to the airport; flaps 25 was reselected; approach speed reset and the flight continued to a normal landing.

Narrative: Upon arriving at the aircraft and reviewing the logbook; I saw the aircraft had a leading edge flap asymmetry EICAS message and light on the inbound leg. We reviewed the QRH procedure for LE Slat Asymmetry prior to departing the gate. Maintenance cleared it for flight and we left. We were cleared the visual to land on 26 and told to hold 210 KIAS and not descend below 3000 FT MSL until the shoreline. We configured the aircraft as the speeds slowed and selected landing flaps 30 below 160 KIAS. As the flap handle was moved to 30 we saw the EICAS Message and light and noticed the flap gauge was reading 25. I placed the flap handle back to the 25 position. We were around 1200 FT AGL with the runway straight ahead of us when the First Officer asked me what I wanted to do. I felt a go-around would have placed us in a more serious situation with low fuel. I told him to land. The First Officer increased the airspeed as required from our earlier review of the procedure and made an uneventful landing. In my first sentence; I stated incorrectly the prior write up. It was a Leading Edge SLAT Asymmetry; not Leading Edge FLAP Asymmetry.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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	881807
Time
Date	201003
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	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Leading Edge Slat
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

A B757 flight crew reported a le slat EICAS message on short final; as flaps 30 was selected but flaps remained at 25. Because of the close proximity to the airport; flaps 25 was reselected; approach speed reset and the flight continued to a normal landing.