B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 167; Flight Crew Type 10000
Other / Unknown; Situational Awareness; Time Pressure
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation - Speed All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General None Reported / Taken
Aircraft; Human Factors
We had a Leading Edge Flap Transit light with an overhead annunciator of slat 8. Following the QRH; we eventually accelerated and the light extinguished. We proceeded to RNO as planned. On approach to RNO after selecting flaps 30 the transit light and slat 8 light again illuminated. I had some terrain concerns as we were wide and long from the field and flying directly over a hilltop on approach to 16R. On the First Officer's (FO) previous leg; he concerned me a bit with an approach involving terrain avoidance. I'm afraid I let this concern overshadow my decisions going into RNO.The winds in RNO were gusting up to 31 knots and we were on a long straight-in. I got the QRH and went to the appropriate page. I was reading it as he continued the approach. Frankly; I was reading it faster than I should have and completely missed the flaps 15 requirement to land. It was then I heard 'AIRSPEED LOW.' I looked up to see the airspeed in the yellow band but he was correcting. We were still several miles from the runway but had now gone very high on the approach. Rather than reject the approach to a missed approach; I talked to him to help him get back to the glideslope. By 1;000 feet the aircraft was stable. The FO flew a flawless approach and landed without incident.On my layover I was reviewing the procedures for landing with Leading Edge Flaps Transit when I realized MY mistake. I called the FO and discussed what we had done and what we were supposed to have done.
I was the pilot flying. The flap transit light illuminated when configuring for landing. Captain reviewed the QRH but missed the flaps 15 requirement. Consider a go-around when encountering a non-critical malfunction on final.
B737 flight crew experiences a leading edge flap transit light during approach to RNO. QRH procedures are examined but the requirement for a flaps 15 landing is overlooked. During this time the First Officer gets high and slow requiring the Captain to offer assistance. A normal landing ensues.