B737-700 captain elected to land the aircraft with le flaps transit light illuminated after breaking...

Attributes
ACN	1150387
Time
Date	201402
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Leading Edge Slat
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 334 Flight Crew Type 9200
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 347 Flight Crew Type 5000
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

We were just outside the outer marker.... I called for landing gear down; flaps 15. The flaps went to 15; however; we did not get a green light. This is about the same time we broke out of the overcast and had visual contact with the runway. I elected to continue and land the aircraft. We used flaps 30 and I carried a higher speed. After landing; the first officer was questioning my choice and looked in the QRH. We should have gone around and come back with flaps 15 for landing. I made the call not to go back into the overcast and land. A mechanic met the aircraft and found the number one slat was extending; however; we were not getting the indication. The mechanic applied the MEL and we continued. This MEL is very long and confusing. On our next landing we got airspeed warnings and stick shaker; all false indications.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-700 Captain elected to land the aircraft with LE Flaps Transit light illuminated after breaking out of overcast on short final. First Officer stated that a go-around was required.

Narrative: We were just outside the Outer Marker.... I called for landing gear down; flaps 15. The flaps went to 15; however; we did not get a green light. This is about the same time we broke out of the overcast and had visual contact with the runway. I elected to continue and land the aircraft. We used flaps 30 and I carried a higher speed. After landing; the First Officer was questioning my choice and looked in the QRH. We should have gone around and come back with flaps 15 for landing. I made the call not to go back into the overcast and land. A Mechanic met the aircraft and found the number one slat was extending; however; we were not getting the indication. The Mechanic applied the MEL and we continued. This MEL is very long and confusing. On our next landing we got airspeed warnings and stick shaker; all false indications.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

B737-700 captain elected to land the aircraft with le flaps transit light illuminated after breaking out of overcast on short final. First officer stated that a go-around was required.