The pilot of a cirrus SR22 on final approach was surprised to hear ATC clear another aircraft for ta...

Attributes
ACN	1246957
Time
Date	201503
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	JLN.Airport
State Reference	MO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	SR22
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 40 Flight Crew Total 650 Flight Crew Type 550
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT
Miss Distance	Horizontal 0 Vertical 200

Narrative:

I was on a less than 1 mile final when I heard the tower clear another aircraft holding short of the same runway for takeoff. At first I thought I was surely mistaken but when I saw the other aircraft start his roll; I reminded tower that I was on short final. He asked me to go around or do a 360. Since going around could have potentially put me over the runway; I chose to do a 360. At this point I was perhaps 200-300 feet AGL and obviously with full flaps. Fortunately I was able apply full power and perform the 360 all the while just above stall speeds and barely clearing tree tops. My wife was quite panicked and I have to say that I wasn't too excited about it either especially with both of my kids in the back. Of course I got nothing of an apology or otherwise from the tower controller.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: The pilot of a Cirrus SR22 on final approach was surprised to hear ATC clear another aircraft for takeoff. When questioned; ATC requested that the aircraft on approach go-around or perform a 360 degree turn.

Narrative: I was on a less than 1 mile final when I heard the tower clear another aircraft holding short of the same runway for takeoff. At first I thought I was surely mistaken but when I saw the other aircraft start his roll; I reminded tower that I was on short final. He asked me to go around or do a 360. Since going around could have potentially put me over the runway; I chose to do a 360. At this point I was perhaps 200-300 feet AGL and obviously with full flaps. Fortunately I was able apply full power and perform the 360 all the while just above stall speeds and barely clearing tree tops. My wife was quite panicked and I have to say that I wasn't too excited about it either especially with both of my kids in the back. Of course I got nothing of an apology or otherwise from the tower controller.

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.

The pilot of a cirrus SR22 on final approach was surprised to hear ATC clear another aircraft for takeoff. When questioned; ATC requested that the aircraft on approach go-around or perform a 360 degree turn.