Corporate jet captain reported performing a go-around on sfo runway 28R when the tower controller cl...

Attributes
ACN	1388354
Time
Date	201609
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	SFO.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 75 Flight Crew Total 7000 Flight Crew Type 3000
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Miss Distance	Horizontal 0 Vertical 600

Narrative:

We performed a go around at sfo due to insufficient separation from departing traffic. We were on final to 28R when tower cleared 2 aircraft for takeoff on 1L and subsequently on 1R. When the clearance was issued to the aircraft we both realized that the separation might not work out. We continued down the approach for about another 200 feet or so until it became very obvious that the separation wasn't sufficient from the traffic departing the crossing runway. The go around was executed without any further anomalies and we were vectored back for a normal landing. Neither of us noted the separation distance as we passed over the departing traffic. The go around was initiated at approximately 400 AGL.it appeared to us that the controller had issued the takeoff clearance to both aircraft on the 1s too late. It felt like he may have overestimated our distance in trail of an aircraft that had just landed (we were approximately 3 miles in trail). As soon as the proceeding aircraft landed on 28R and pass the runway intersections he cleared the other aircraft for departure.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Corporate jet Captain reported performing a go-around on SFO Runway 28R when the Tower Controller cleared aircraft for takeoff on Runways 01R and 01L too late.

Narrative: We performed a go around at SFO due to insufficient separation from departing traffic. We were on final to 28R when tower cleared 2 aircraft for takeoff on 1L and subsequently on 1R. When the clearance was issued to the aircraft we both realized that the separation might not work out. We continued down the approach for about another 200 feet or so until it became very obvious that the separation wasn't sufficient from the traffic departing the crossing runway. The go around was executed without any further anomalies and we were vectored back for a normal landing. Neither of us noted the separation distance as we passed over the departing traffic. The go around was initiated at approximately 400 AGL.It appeared to us that the controller had issued the takeoff clearance to both aircraft on the 1s too late. It felt like he may have overestimated our distance in trail of an aircraft that had just landed (we were approximately 3 miles in trail). As soon as the proceeding aircraft landed on 28R and pass the runway intersections he cleared the other aircraft for departure.

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.

Corporate jet captain reported performing a go-around on sfo runway 28R when the tower controller cleared aircraft for takeoff on runways 01R and 01L too late.