An air carrier flight crew on short final executed a go around when clt tower cleared an aircraft fo...

Narrative:

When we were on an extremely short final; clt tower issued an immediate take off clearance to an aircraft on our runway. We were 1/2 mile or less from landing and had to initiate a go-around to avoid the departing aircraft. ATC seemed unaware or slightly confused and issued a climb to the west which we were already doing.non standard operation with a runway down for maintenance. Not good for possible training on a weekend. Saw two other similar deviations in two days. Clt has always been very relaxed operationally; many FAA inspectors riding along agree.ATC advised [traffic] twelve o'clock 3;500; maintain 3;000. Visually saw two helicopters approaching. I acknowledged to co-captain X that we were going to have to execute an escape maneuver. We then had an RA and I complied while co-captain X relayed the information with ATC. All was successful and co-captain X informed me that we had only two hundred feet between aircraft as I executed the RA. This was after a very close go around on runway 18R. Once again; perhaps weekend training for ATC; yet saw two more examples the next day. Someone needs to monitor ATC as changes are occurring with a runway down for maintenance.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air carrier flight crew on short final executed a go around when CLT Tower cleared an aircraft for takeoff on their runway. During the go around they received a TCAS RA. It was unclear if the RA was triggered by the departing traffic or two helicopters referenced by the reporter.

Narrative: When we were on an extremely short final; CLT Tower issued an immediate take off clearance to an aircraft on our runway. We were 1/2 mile or less from landing and had to initiate a go-around to avoid the departing aircraft. ATC seemed unaware or slightly confused and issued a climb to the west which we were already doing.Non standard operation with a runway down for maintenance. Not good for possible training on a weekend. Saw two other similar deviations in two days. CLT has always been very relaxed operationally; many FAA inspectors riding along agree.ATC advised [traffic] twelve o'clock 3;500; maintain 3;000. Visually saw two helicopters approaching. I acknowledged to Co-Captain X that we were going to have to execute an escape maneuver. We then had an RA and I complied while Co-Captain X relayed the information with ATC. All was successful and Co-Captain X informed me that we had only two hundred feet between aircraft as I executed the RA. This was after a very close go around on Runway 18R. Once again; perhaps weekend training for ATC; yet saw two more examples the next day. Someone needs to monitor ATC as changes are occurring with a runway down for maintenance.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Attributes
ACN	967420
Time
Date	201108
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	CLT.Tower
State Reference	NC
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict
Miss Distance	Vertical 200

An air carrier flight crew on short final executed a go around when clt tower cleared an aircraft for takeoff on their runway. During the go around they received a TCAS RA. It was unclear if the RA was triggered by the departing traffic or two helicopters referenced by the reporter.