B737-800
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 209
Deviation - Speed All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
General None Reported / Taken
Human Factors; Weather
We were on the RNAV approach into ZZZ. For half an hour leading up to this we were experiencing a bumpy ride and were extended out over the lake (off the approach) for sequencing into ZZZ. Gusty winds were reported (180/23 kts/G35KT) on final and aircraft were also reporting plus or minus 20. We were stabilized before 1000 ft; but; shortly thereafter; we experienced plus 15. Still stabilized; but a possible flap overspeed entered my mind. On short final; I received an aural 'Pull Up'. We were not low on the glidepath; nor experiencing an excessive sink rate and over airport property; so I continued and landed without incident in the touchdown zone.
It was apparent to me that a stable approach was not possible from this position so I called 'Go Around.' The Captain said 'I got it' and nosed the aircraft over towards the runway and continued the approach while attempting to regain the flight path. At 100 ft I called 'Go Around' for a second time. Soon after my second call; we received the audible 'Pull Up' warning. The Captain continued the unstable approach and landed. There was so much going on at that point that instinctively; my primary focus became stopping the aircraft on the runway because it was clear that a landing was imminent.I felt a third 'Go Around' call would not be heard and it would have been more dangerous to assume control of the aircraft at that critical point than to land and aggressively slow the aircraft. I cannot verify if the landing was in the touchdown zone or not. We rolled to the end of the runway and had adequate braking to make the last turn off at the end of the runway. I never felt that we didn't have enough runway to stop once on the ground. We taxied to the gate without further incident.
B737 flight crew reported they landed after an unstabilized approach during gusty wind conditions and after having received a 'pull up' GPWS alert due to an aggressive descent at 300 AGL.