B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 63; Flight Crew Total 983; Flight Crew Type 11
Situational Awareness; Distraction
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach; Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT
Flight Crew Overcame Equipment Problem
Human Factors; Environment - Non Weather Related
VFR approach to ORD runway 27R. Initiated landing check with Flaps 20 and gear down well prior to FAF. Somewhere between approximately 1;300 feet and 800 feet AGL; the preceding aircraft on rollout reported a coyote along the left edge of the runway near the departure end taxiway C1. We were distracted by the coyote and the cautions issued by tower. We completed the 100 foot callouts normally; but failed to configure the flaps to 30 until we received the 'Too Low Flaps' GPWS callout. We reacted immediately by lowering flaps to 30 and landed uneventfully. We realized immediately after lowering the flaps that we should have executed a go-around/missed approach instead per SOP. The coyote had exited the runway/taxiway area and was in the grass area moving away from runway 27R and not a factor.
A B757 flight crew; distracted by a report of a coyote on the runway; failed to set flaps to 30 until receiving a 'Too Low Flaps' warning. The crew set flaps to 30 and proceeded with an uneventful landing.