ACR ON FINAL AT FAF REQUESTS LNDG CLRNC AS ACFT DEPARTS RWY. CTLR CLRS HVT FOR TKOF SAME RWY. ACR DECLARES GAR. GETS TCASII RA.

Date: 1992-08 · Aircraft: Medium Large Transport; Low Wing; 2 Turbojet Eng

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|other-unspecified

Synopsis

ACR ON FINAL AT FAF REQUESTS LNDG CLRNC AS ACFT DEPARTS RWY. CTLR CLRS HVT FOR TKOF SAME RWY. ACR DECLARES GAR. GETS TCASII RA.

Narrative

OUR FLT WAS ON A VISUAL APCH TO RWY 18R IN RAMP. WE WERE FINAL INBOUND AND THE TWR CTLR HAD NOT YET CLRED US TO LAND. I ASSUMED IT WAS BECAUSE OF TFC LNDG IN FRONT OF US. AS THIS ACFT CLRED THE RWY I ASKED FOR CLRNC. AT THAT TIME; THE CTLR CLRED A HVY JET FOR TKOF ON RWY 18R. IT WAS OBVIOUS THE SEPARATION WAS INSUFFICIENT SO I TOLD THE CTLR WE WERE GOING AROUND AND EXECUTING THE MISSED APCH. HE IMMEDIATELY CORRECTED MY TERMINOLOGY AND SAID IT WAS A GAR; NOT A MISSED APCH. AT THAT POINT; WE GOT AN RA FROM THE ACFT TAKING OFF BELOW US. THEN; THE CTLR CAME BACK AND ISSUED A L TURN WITH AN ALT OF 2700 FT. (THE STANDARD MISSED APCH IS A R TURN AT 500 FT AND ALT OF 3000 FT.) I REQUESTED QUICK SEQUENCING BACK TO THE ARPT. HE COMPLIED WITH MY REQUEST AND WE FLEW A NORMAL APCH TO RWY 18L. SEVERAL ISSUES OF IMPORTANCE: THE CTLR USED BAD JUDGEMENT BY ALLOWING THE HVY JET TO TKOF WHEN WE WERE ON SHORT FINAL. HIS JUDGEMENT WAS FURTHER IMPAIRED BY THE ENSUING RUDE COMMENT HE MADE TO ME ON THE CALL TO MISS THE APCH. THE OBVIOUS ANSWER IS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN EITHER A) EXECUTE THE PUBLISHED MISSED APCH; B) GIVE US AN ALTERNATE PLAN. INSTEAD HE WASTED VALUABLE TIME CORRECTING ME (INCORRECTLY) WHEN THE SITUATION COULD HAVE BECOME A SERIOUS TCASII THREAT.

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