1988-03 · NASA ASRS report 83836
ATCT LCL CTLR HAD LGT TAXI INTO POSITION AND HOLD WITH SMT ON SHORT FINAL; SMT MADE GO AROUND.
WE WERE CLRED INTO POS ON RWY 36R BEHIND A DEPARTING LGT. PRE-DEP TKOF CHKS WERE ACCOMPLISHED AS WE PULLED INTO POS ON CENTERLINE AND SET BRAKES FOR HOLD. ABOUT 10 SECS LATER A WHITE LIGHT TWIN PASSED DIRECTLY OVERHEAD; NBOUND AT ABOUT 100'; WITH GEAR RETRACTED. SIMULTANEOUSLY THE LCL CTLR SAID WORDS TO THE EFFECT; 'ROGER; GO AROUND.' NO OTHER COMMENT WAS MADE ON RADIO FREQ BY EITHER ACFT OR CTLR. SHORTLY THEREAFTER WE RECEIVED TKOF CLRNC. POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS. OUR CREW MAY BE CONDITIONED TO OTHER ACFT BEING CLRED TO LAND ON RWY 36L AND DID NOT HEAR ANY CLRNC TO LAND ON RWY 36R. I WAS OCCUPYING THE RIGHT SEAT AND WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE BEST POS TO SEE AN APCHING ACFT. HOWEVER; ON RECEIVING THE CLRNC; 'POSITION AND HOLD;' I ONLY MADE A CURSORY GLANCE TO MY RIGHT DOWN THE APCH PATH; AND THEN BECAME INVOLVED IN MY OWN PRE-DEP DUTIES AND RESPONDING TO THE CHKLIST READ BY THE S/O. ADDITIONALLY; AS A CHK AIRMAN; I HAD A NEW CAPT RECEIVING OPERATING EXPERIENCE. I HAVE TO PAY PARTICULAR ATTN TO HIS PERFORMANCE.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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