B767 landing lax has near midair collision with departing B727.

Attributes
ACN	582297
Time
Date	200305
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lax.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl single value : 400
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : lax.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing : go around
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	tower : lax.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : initial climbout : takeoff
Route In Use	departure : noise abatement
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	582297
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	conflict : airborne critical non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : took evasive action
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Miss Distance	horizontal : 3000 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance Airport
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance

Narrative:

Lax conducting lndgs to the east, departures to the west for noise abatement. We were cleared to land on runway 7L. Tower cleared the B727 to take off on runway 25L and when they were airborne, realized there was a conflict. At that time, tower ordered us to turn left immediately. We turned left and executed go around. We were later informed there was no loss of separation. If we had continued to a landing, there would have been no collision, but there would have been loss of separation. My concerns during the evasive maneuver were obstacle clearance and traffic conflicts on runways 6L and 6R. To prevent future problems, lax should keep arrs on runway 6L/6R and departures on runway 25L/25R in the early morning hours.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B767 LNDG LAX HAS NMAC WITH DEPARTING B727.

Narrative: LAX CONDUCTING LNDGS TO THE E, DEPS TO THE W FOR NOISE ABATEMENT. WE WERE CLRED TO LAND ON RWY 7L. TWR CLRED THE B727 TO TAKE OFF ON RWY 25L AND WHEN THEY WERE AIRBORNE, REALIZED THERE WAS A CONFLICT. AT THAT TIME, TWR ORDERED US TO TURN L IMMEDIATELY. WE TURNED L AND EXECUTED GAR. WE WERE LATER INFORMED THERE WAS NO LOSS OF SEPARATION. IF WE HAD CONTINUED TO A LNDG, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO COLLISION, BUT THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN LOSS OF SEPARATION. MY CONCERNS DURING THE EVASIVE MANEUVER WERE OBSTACLE CLRNC AND TFC CONFLICTS ON RWYS 6L AND 6R. TO PREVENT FUTURE PROBS, LAX SHOULD KEEP ARRS ON RWY 6L/6R AND DEPS ON RWY 25L/25R IN THE EARLY MORNING HRS.

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.