Narrative:

We were cleared to land runway 8L. Prior to landing, tower was notified by an aircraft on the ground that there was pieces of rubber on runway 8L at 3000 ft point. Tower acknowledged, several seconds later, tower advised us to land at our discretion. I elected to go around at approximately 100 ft AGL. We were given a clearance of fly runway heading, climb to 1500 ft, at 500 ft turn right 155 degrees. At approximately 300-400 ft my first officer noticed a yellow single engine low wing aircraft at our 9 O'clock position. He appeared to be on a downwind for runway 4L. I estimate that he was 100 ft above us and within 200 ft horizontally. I immediately leveled off to avoid getting any closer. We were not alerted to the traffic by ATC. We were vectored to runway 4R and landed without further incident. I believe this near midair collision could have been avoided by: 1) the controller having us initiate a go around sooner. I don't believe landing at our destination with FOD on the runway was an appropriate call. 2) to advise us of traffic on down for runway 4L.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MDT CREW LNDG RWY 8L AT HNL ELECT A GAR DUE TO DEBRIS ON THE RWY. DURING THE GAR, THE FLT CAME IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH AN SMA ACFT THAT APPEARED TO BE ON DOWNWIND LEG TO RWY 4.

Narrative: WE WERE CLRED TO LAND RWY 8L. PRIOR TO LNDG, TWR WAS NOTIFIED BY AN ACFT ON THE GND THAT THERE WAS PIECES OF RUBBER ON RWY 8L AT 3000 FT POINT. TWR ACKNOWLEDGED, SEVERAL SECONDS LATER, TWR ADVISED US TO LAND AT OUR DISCRETION. I ELECTED TO GO AROUND AT APPROX 100 FT AGL. WE WERE GIVEN A CLRNC OF FLY RWY HDG, CLB TO 1500 FT, AT 500 FT TURN R 155 DEGS. AT APPROX 300-400 FT MY FO NOTICED A YELLOW SINGLE ENG LOW WING ACFT AT OUR 9 O'CLOCK POS. HE APPEARED TO BE ON A DOWNWIND FOR RWY 4L. I ESTIMATE THAT HE WAS 100 FT ABOVE US AND WITHIN 200 FT HORIZLY. I IMMEDIATELY LEVELED OFF TO AVOID GETTING ANY CLOSER. WE WERE NOT ALERTED TO THE TFC BY ATC. WE WERE VECTORED TO RWY 4R AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. I BELIEVE THIS NMAC COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED BY: 1) THE CTLR HAVING US INITIATE A GAR SOONER. I DON'T BELIEVE LNDG AT OUR DEST WITH FOD ON THE RWY WAS AN APPROPRIATE CALL. 2) TO ADVISE US OF TFC ON DOWN FOR RWY 4L.

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.