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Widebody transport captain elects to go around when an aircraft cleared for takeoff is still on the runway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 245772 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199307 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mem |
| State Reference | TN |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 500 agl bound upper : 700 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : mem tower : ord |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing : go around |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff ground : holding |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 1700 |
| ASRS Report | 245772 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne less severe |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 9000 vertical : 700 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
We were cleared to land on runway 18L while on a 4 mi final. We did not know a light aircraft was holding in position on the same runway. At 2-3 mi out the aircraft was cleared for takeoff by the tower. The light aircraft was still on the runway when we reached 500 ft AGL. I instructed the first officer to execute a missed approach so there would be no conflict. The tower and I blocked each other out on the radio, when I told them we were going around. This was transmitted by an unknown third party.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: WDB CAPT ELECTS TO GAR WHEN AN ACFT CLRED FOR TKOF IS STILL ON THE RWY.
Narrative: WE WERE CLRED TO LAND ON RWY 18L WHILE ON A 4 MI FINAL. WE DID NOT KNOW A LIGHT ACFT WAS HOLDING IN POS ON THE SAME RWY. AT 2-3 MI OUT THE ACFT WAS CLRED FOR TKOF BY THE TWR. THE LIGHT ACFT WAS STILL ON THE RWY WHEN WE REACHED 500 FT AGL. I INSTRUCTED THE FO TO EXECUTE A MISSED APCH SO THERE WOULD BE NO CONFLICT. THE TWR AND I BLOCKED EACH OTHER OUT ON THE RADIO, WHEN I TOLD THEM WE WERE GOING AROUND. THIS WAS XMITTED BY AN UNKNOWN THIRD PARTY.
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.