A330
Training / Qualification; Fatigue; Distraction
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Flight Crew Became Reoriented; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Environment - Non Weather Related; Human Factors; Procedure
Visual approach; airplane was configured for landing with full flaps; prior to selecting the landing gear down. This is a non-standard order and not done intentionally. Landing gear was selected down at 900 FT MSL after recognition that the landing gear was not down; prior to any aircraft warning but too late for a stabilized approach. Normally gear is selected down when selecting flaps 3 and occurs well above 1;000 FT. Contributing factors to why the event occurred were 1. A distraction on the FMS / Flight Director showing an altitude constraint of 3;300 FT on the ILS 8L while we were flying a hand-flown visual approach and 2. Fatigue after a long flight.
A fatigued and distracted A330 crew selected the gear down at 900 FT on a visual approach with landing flaps set.