B767-300 CREW FORGOT TO LOWER THE LNDG GEAR OR EXTEND LNDG FLAPS UNTIL THE GPWS WARNING SOUNDED.

Date: 2001-11 · Aircraft: B767-300 and 300 ER

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|other-plt-distraction

Synopsis

B767-300 CREW FORGOT TO LOWER THE LNDG GEAR OR EXTEND LNDG FLAPS UNTIL THE GPWS WARNING SOUNDED.

Narrative

WE WERE CLRED FOR THE ILS AND THE ACFT CONFIGN WAS FLAPS 15 DEGS; GEAR UP. THE AIRSPD WAS 170 KTS AND OUR LOCATION WAS OUTSIDE THE LOM; ON GS AND ON COURSE. I WAS THE PF. AS WE NEARED THE LOM WE HAD A VISUAL ON THE RWY. I DISCONNECTED THE AUTOPLT AND AUTOTHROTTLES AND WAS FLYING MANUALLY. WE WERE ABOUT 3 MI BEHIND ANOTHER ACFT AND #2 FOR LNDG. THE R THROTTLE WAS 'STIFFER' THAN NORMAL; MAKING SYMMETRICAL THRUST APPLICATIONS TROUBLESOME. AS WE APCHED THE LOM; WE CONTACTED TWR AND WERE GIVEN LNDG CLRNC. MY ATTN ON THE ACFT AHEAD; INST XCHK AND THE THROTTLE DIFFICULTY COMPLETELY ABSORBED MY FOCUS. SO MUCH SO; THAT I MISSED THE 1000 FT AGL CALL BY THE FO OR IF I HEARD IF; MY BRAIN DIDN'T REGISTER THE INFO. IT WASN'T UNTIL THE GPWS VOCAL ANNUNCIATION OF 'TOO LOW; GEAR' SOUNDED THAT I REALIZED THE ACFT WASN'T CONFIGURED FOR LNDG. THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED; AND THEN FLAPS WERE EXTENDED TO LNDG POS IN NORMAL SEQUENCE. THE LNDG WAS MADE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENCE. BESIDES THE EMBARRASSMENT OF MAKING A 'STUDENT PLT' ERROR; I FELT THE DREAD OF REALIZATION OF 'WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN;' HAD THE GPWS NOT FUNCTIONED! PERHAPS THE EARLY WAKEUP (XA00 AM); THE END OF A 4-DAY TRIP; THE MID-AFTERNOON SLUMP OR JUST PLAIN 'GET-HOME-ITIS' OR ALL OF THESE TOGETHER IN ADDITION TO MY OWN COMPLACENCY; ADDED UP TO A VERY DUMB MISTAKE WITH POSSIBLY VERY SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES.

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