Narrative:

We were doing an ILS approach to runway 14R at ord. Approach control had us slowed to place a large transport in front of us. When we saw the runway the large transport was just touching down. We did not have a landing clearance. The large transport said he had a turn off made and the tower cleared us to land. We were at 125' AGL. At 50' AGL we experienced a lot of turbulence from the large transport and I initiated a go-around. The tower told us to maintain 4000' and turn right to 270 degrees when able. After starting the right turn at approximately 1500' AGL the tower had us contact departure control. The departure controller advised us of traffic that would be at our 1 O'clock position in the turn and requested we expedite the climb to 4000'. Due to poor visibility caused by haze we did not pick the traffic up immediately. At approximately 2500' MSL the first officer said he had the traffic. I saw the traffic, an light transport at 3200' MSL at 11 to 12 O'clock low. We had passed through the traffic altitude and came within approximately 1/4 mi. We leveled at 4000' and returned for a normal landing on runway 14R at ord. Since the tower could not issue a landing clearance until we were at 125' AGL, I feel as though they could have done a better job of anticipating the go-around. Had we been issued runway heading or a turn to the east we would have avoided a conflict with departures off of runways 22L and 27L. This would also have put us in the line of aircraft arriving for landing on runway 22R and our altitude of 4000' would have avoided any conflict with arriving traffic that is kept at 5000'. Even with the turn westbound that we were put on I feel that the controller should have stopped our turn or leveled the light transport if he felt a conflict was in the making. Finally, the controllers need to realize that even if the visibility is good on the ground, 7 mi reported in the ari flying into the sun with haze the visibility can be quite poor and they cannot always rely on the pilot being able to visually spot another aircraft.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR MAKES GO AROUND DUE TO ANOTHER ACFT ON THE RWY AND COMES IN CLOSE PROX TO AN ACR LTT.

Narrative: WE WERE DOING AN ILS APCH TO RWY 14R AT ORD. APCH CTL HAD US SLOWED TO PLACE A LGT IN FRONT OF US. WHEN WE SAW THE RWY THE LGT WAS JUST TOUCHING DOWN. WE DID NOT HAVE A LNDG CLRNC. THE LGT SAID HE HAD A TURN OFF MADE AND THE TWR CLRED US TO LAND. WE WERE AT 125' AGL. AT 50' AGL WE EXPERIENCED A LOT OF TURB FROM THE LGT AND I INITIATED A GO-AROUND. THE TWR TOLD US TO MAINTAIN 4000' AND TURN R TO 270 DEGS WHEN ABLE. AFTER STARTING THE R TURN AT APPROX 1500' AGL THE TWR HAD US CONTACT DEP CTL. THE DEP CTLR ADVISED US OF TFC THAT WOULD BE AT OUR 1 O'CLOCK POS IN THE TURN AND REQUESTED WE EXPEDITE THE CLB TO 4000'. DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY CAUSED BY HAZE WE DID NOT PICK THE TFC UP IMMEDIATELY. AT APPROX 2500' MSL THE F/O SAID HE HAD THE TFC. I SAW THE TFC, AN LTT AT 3200' MSL AT 11 TO 12 O'CLOCK LOW. WE HAD PASSED THROUGH THE TFC ALT AND CAME WITHIN APPROX 1/4 MI. WE LEVELED AT 4000' AND RETURNED FOR A NORMAL LNDG ON RWY 14R AT ORD. SINCE THE TWR COULD NOT ISSUE A LNDG CLRNC UNTIL WE WERE AT 125' AGL, I FEEL AS THOUGH THEY COULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB OF ANTICIPATING THE GO-AROUND. HAD WE BEEN ISSUED RWY HDG OR A TURN TO THE E WE WOULD HAVE AVOIDED A CONFLICT WITH DEPS OFF OF RWYS 22L AND 27L. THIS WOULD ALSO HAVE PUT US IN THE LINE OF ACFT ARRIVING FOR LNDG ON RWY 22R AND OUR ALT OF 4000' WOULD HAVE AVOIDED ANY CONFLICT WITH ARRIVING TFC THAT IS KEPT AT 5000'. EVEN WITH THE TURN WBND THAT WE WERE PUT ON I FEEL THAT THE CTLR SHOULD HAVE STOPPED OUR TURN OR LEVELED THE LTT IF HE FELT A CONFLICT WAS IN THE MAKING. FINALLY, THE CTLRS NEED TO REALIZE THAT EVEN IF THE VISIBILITY IS GOOD ON THE GND, 7 MI RPTED IN THE ARI FLYING INTO THE SUN WITH HAZE THE VISIBILITY CAN BE QUITE POOR AND THEY CANNOT ALWAYS RELY ON THE PLT BEING ABLE TO VISUALLY SPOT ANOTHER ACFT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.