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Flight crew reported going around from 50 feet due to a departing aircraft not having rotated yet. The go around was self initiated and resulted in these two aircraft climbing in close proximity to each other without any direction from the tower.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1364552 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201606 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | CLT.Airport |
| State Reference | NC |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Our aircraft was on short final when tower advised that two aircraft would be cleared for take-off before we landed. My response was 'really' as I didn't feel there was enough room. We were told to continue. When it became obvious that it was going to be extremely close I told the tower 'a heads up; don't ever do this again'. The aircraft did not leave the runway when the first officer called; and we flew the missed approach. The situation caused us to be in the missed approach over taking an aircraft that was climbing and we had to reverse our decent to a climb and try to keep an eye on the other aircraft. The distance was extremely close. We got no instruction for our miss until much later in our climb. My biggest complaint was there was absolutely no reason for this. The second aircraft had no one behind them and we had no one behind us. The first officer and I both thought that this was a controller trying to see what he could get away with and him flexing his control by telling us to continue. There was absolutely no reason for this to have happened.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Flight crew reported going around from 50 feet due to a departing aircraft not having rotated yet. The go around was self initiated and resulted in these two aircraft climbing in close proximity to each other without any direction from the tower.
Narrative: Our aircraft was on short final when tower advised that two aircraft would be cleared for take-off before we landed. My response was 'Really' as I didn't feel there was enough room. We were told to continue. When it became obvious that it was going to be extremely close I told the tower 'A heads up; don't ever do this again'. The aircraft did not leave the runway when the First Officer called; and we flew the missed approach. The situation caused us to be in the missed approach over taking an aircraft that was climbing and we had to reverse our decent to a climb and try to keep an eye on the other aircraft. The distance was extremely close. We got no instruction for our miss until much later in our climb. My biggest complaint was there was absolutely no reason for this. The second aircraft had no one behind them and we had no one behind us. The First Officer and I both thought that this was a controller trying to see what he could get away with and him flexing his control by telling us to continue. There was absolutely no reason for this to have happened.
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.