General aviation pilot taxied into position at cid described controller spacing judgment error that ...

Attributes
ACN	815298
Time
Date	200812
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cid.airport
State Reference	IA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : cid.tower
Operator	other
Make Model Name	Bonanza 36
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	ground : takeoff roll
Flight Plan	VFR
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	tower : cid.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Regional Jet CL65 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	landing : go around
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	government other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 2500 flight time type : 1200
ASRS Report	815298
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground less severe
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : took evasive action
Miss Distance	horizontal : 2 vertical : 600
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance

Narrative:

I called cid ground to get a clearance for a short VFR flight from cid to iow. Received clearance and taxied to runway 27. Called tower after run-up and received a heading of 250 degrees and clearance for takeoff. Rolled onto runway and was about to start takeoff roll when tower said something I could not understand (nonstandard phraseology) but sounded like 'move over.' I stopped roll and moved over to right runway edge. Then I heard tower give a regional jet a go-around. I looked over my left shoulder and eventually saw the rj on final to runway 27 at about 2 miles or slightly more (estimated). I then asked tower if I missed anything (as in a missed clearance) and he said no; but that he did; meaning he admitted that he forgot about the rj on final when he cleared me for the takeoff. As the rj went overhead; he cleared me for takeoff. Tower then apologized to the rj for what he (tower) did and asked the rj to turn downwind runway 27 for another visual approach. It appears that the tower controller forgot about the rj on the 2 mile final when he cleared me for takeoff. The event seems to be ATC's error of omission (to check final). There was no time stress involved and it was not necessary to 'rush' out an aircraft in front of an rj. It may be a good idea to remind tower controllers to double check on final before giving takeoff clearances. Such mistakes seem more likely in a VMC environment.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: General aviation pilot taxied into position at CID described controller spacing judgment error that resulted in a Regional Jet being issued go-around.

Narrative: I called CID Ground to get a clearance for a short VFR flight from CID to IOW. Received clearance and taxied to Runway 27. Called Tower after run-up and received a heading of 250 degrees and clearance for takeoff. Rolled onto runway and was about to start takeoff roll when Tower said something I could not understand (nonstandard phraseology) but sounded like 'move over.' I stopped roll and moved over to right runway edge. Then I heard Tower give a Regional Jet a go-around. I looked over my left shoulder and eventually saw the RJ on final to Runway 27 at about 2 miles or slightly more (estimated). I then asked Tower if I missed anything (as in a missed clearance) and he said no; but that he did; meaning he admitted that he forgot about the RJ on final when he cleared me for the takeoff. As the RJ went overhead; he cleared me for takeoff. Tower then apologized to the RJ for what he (Tower) did and asked the RJ to turn downwind Runway 27 for another visual approach. It appears that the Tower Controller forgot about the RJ on the 2 mile final when he cleared me for takeoff. The event seems to be ATC's error of omission (to check final). There was no time stress involved and it was not necessary to 'rush' out an aircraft in front of an RJ. It may be a good idea to remind Tower controllers to double check on final before giving takeoff clearances. Such mistakes seem more likely in a VMC environment.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 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.

General aviation pilot taxied into position at cid described controller spacing judgment error that resulted in a regional jet being issued go-around.