Narrative:

We were given the usual approach to lax but not cleared via the profile. We had speed control. We were kept high 18000' to 40 mi from lax, then cleared to descend to 4000'. The large transport was configured to brick mode and we were descending at 4500 FPM 230 KTS. At 4000' approach cleared us to 2000' and a minute later told us to maintain 2000', contact tower. We called/tried tower and did not get a response nor were we able to break into the conversation. When a landing could not longer be accomplished I executed a missed approach from 2000'. We could not break in to notify tower until we were at midfield and seemed to be a surprise visitor at lax. After some confusion by the tower as to what we were to do, we were given a heading, altitude and told to call departure. Departure swung us around to the north, turned us east and gave us to approach. Approach turned us downwind and, when we were about 5 mi east and had the field, cleared us for the visual and told us to contact tower. Turning toward lax runway 24L tower told us to slow to minimum speed and square the base as they had a widebody transport on the runway and needed wake sep. We could not bottom hook the final as runway 25 was in use and showed down to vref +5 and touched down before the 747 rotation point on the runway to avoid wake turbulence. We felt some engine/exhaust turbulence. After landing an anonymous voice came on the frequency and said, 'welcome to la.' the problems contributing to this were an overrunning easterly flow of 35 KTS. Lndgs were made with 5 KTS downwind. The added ground speed was bringing traffic towards the airport faster than normal. In addition, was the rapid fire speech of ATC west/O allowing a space for aircraft response. It seems everybody is talking twice as fast as a few yrs ago. There seemed to be a breakdown in ATC to tower communication and in tower procedure as all aircraft were expected to land and no consideration was made in the mindset for a missed approach. We were visual at all times and if we had executed the published missed approach procedure we would have been close to a departure. So we maintained visual and proceeded straight out at 2500'.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR LGT MADE GO AROUND WHEN UNABLE TO GET LNDG CLRNC DUE FREQ CONGESTION.

Narrative: WE WERE GIVEN THE USUAL APCH TO LAX BUT NOT CLRED VIA THE PROFILE. WE HAD SPD CONTROL. WE WERE KEPT HIGH 18000' TO 40 MI FROM LAX, THEN CLRED TO DSND TO 4000'. THE LGT WAS CONFIGURED TO BRICK MODE AND WE WERE DSNDING AT 4500 FPM 230 KTS. AT 4000' APCH CLRED US TO 2000' AND A MINUTE LATER TOLD US TO MAINTAIN 2000', CONTACT TWR. WE CALLED/TRIED TWR AND DID NOT GET A RESPONSE NOR WERE WE ABLE TO BREAK INTO THE CONVERSATION. WHEN A LNDG COULD NOT LONGER BE ACCOMPLISHED I EXECUTED A MISSED APCH FROM 2000'. WE COULD NOT BREAK IN TO NOTIFY TWR UNTIL WE WERE AT MIDFIELD AND SEEMED TO BE A SURPRISE VISITOR AT LAX. AFTER SOME CONFUSION BY THE TWR AS TO WHAT WE WERE TO DO, WE WERE GIVEN A HDG, ALT AND TOLD TO CALL DEP. DEP SWUNG US AROUND TO THE N, TURNED US E AND GAVE US TO APCH. APCH TURNED US DOWNWIND AND, WHEN WE WERE ABOUT 5 MI E AND HAD THE FIELD, CLRED US FOR THE VISUAL AND TOLD US TO CONTACT TWR. TURNING TOWARD LAX RWY 24L TWR TOLD US TO SLOW TO MINIMUM SPD AND SQUARE THE BASE AS THEY HAD A WDB ON THE RWY AND NEEDED WAKE SEP. WE COULD NOT BOTTOM HOOK THE FINAL AS RWY 25 WAS IN USE AND SHOWED DOWN TO VREF +5 AND TOUCHED DOWN BEFORE THE 747 ROTATION POINT ON THE RWY TO AVOID WAKE TURB. WE FELT SOME ENG/EXHAUST TURB. AFTER LNDG AN ANONYMOUS VOICE CAME ON THE FREQ AND SAID, 'WELCOME TO LA.' THE PROBS CONTRIBUTING TO THIS WERE AN OVERRUNNING EASTERLY FLOW OF 35 KTS. LNDGS WERE MADE WITH 5 KTS DOWNWIND. THE ADDED GND SPD WAS BRINGING TFC TOWARDS THE ARPT FASTER THAN NORMAL. IN ADDITION, WAS THE RAPID FIRE SPEECH OF ATC W/O ALLOWING A SPACE FOR ACFT RESPONSE. IT SEEMS EVERYBODY IS TALKING TWICE AS FAST AS A FEW YRS AGO. THERE SEEMED TO BE A BREAKDOWN IN ATC TO TWR COM AND IN TWR PROC AS ALL ACFT WERE EXPECTED TO LAND AND NO CONSIDERATION WAS MADE IN THE MINDSET FOR A MISSED APCH. WE WERE VISUAL AT ALL TIMES AND IF WE HAD EXECUTED THE PUBLISHED MISSED APCH PROC WE WOULD HAVE BEEN CLOSE TO A DEP. SO WE MAINTAINED VISUAL AND PROCEEDED STRAIGHT OUT AT 2500'.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.