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Medium large transport crew was cleared to land. Tower local controller then cleared another aircraft for takeoff directly ahead of them.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 418701 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199810 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : mco airport : mco |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 50 agl bound upper : 50 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : mco tower : lga |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : private pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 700 |
| ASRS Report | 418701 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : required legal separation non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 0 vertical : 50 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Operational Error |
Narrative:
Approach control cleared us for a visual approach to runway 17 and switched us to tower control approximately 5 mi from the runway. Switching to tower, we were cleared to land, as we watched an aircraft on its takeoff roll. Another aircraft was then put into 'position and hold' as we were in very close proximity to the runway. The aircraft was issued instructions from the tower to take off, and then a few seconds later issued 'cleared for immediate takeoff!' the aircraft was still on its takeoff roll, not in the rotation phase, and we were closing on the aircraft as we passed over the runway numbers. At 50 ft above the ground (and near the touchdown zone) we commenced a go around. Tower control never issued a go around, but safety was compromised. The go around to landing was uneventful. Had we landed in lieu of a go around, the departing aircraft would have still been on the runway, and not have rotated.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MLG CREW WAS CLRED TO LAND. TWR LCL CTLR THEN CLRED ANOTHER ACFT FOR TKOF DIRECTLY AHEAD OF THEM.
Narrative: APCH CTL CLRED US FOR A VISUAL APCH TO RWY 17 AND SWITCHED US TO TWR CTL APPROX 5 MI FROM THE RWY. SWITCHING TO TWR, WE WERE CLRED TO LAND, AS WE WATCHED AN ACFT ON ITS TKOF ROLL. ANOTHER ACFT WAS THEN PUT INTO 'POS AND HOLD' AS WE WERE IN VERY CLOSE PROX TO THE RWY. THE ACFT WAS ISSUED INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE TWR TO TAKE OFF, AND THEN A FEW SECONDS LATER ISSUED 'CLRED FOR IMMEDIATE TKOF!' THE ACFT WAS STILL ON ITS TKOF ROLL, NOT IN THE ROTATION PHASE, AND WE WERE CLOSING ON THE ACFT AS WE PASSED OVER THE RWY NUMBERS. AT 50 FT ABOVE THE GND (AND NEAR THE TOUCHDOWN ZONE) WE COMMENCED A GAR. TWR CTL NEVER ISSUED A GAR, BUT SAFETY WAS COMPROMISED. THE GAR TO LNDG WAS UNEVENTFUL. HAD WE LANDED IN LIEU OF A GAR, THE DEPARTING ACFT WOULD HAVE STILL BEEN ON THE RWY, AND NOT HAVE ROTATED.
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.