Narrative:

Arrival phase; visual back up to RNAV; cleared to land. We were on descent and handed off to tower frequency. We were performing a visual approach to runway 8 backing it up with the RNAV 8. We were advised that a cessna was in the pattern and we acknowledged that we would be looking for the traffic. We had been asked to slow by ATC and slowed to slowest practical speed. We were now inside 1;000 ft and ATC advised us that the cessna shouldn't be a factor. We then saw the traffic and moments later the cessna was instructed to go around. As we were landing on runway 8 and he was landing on runway 36L this posed a serious problem. It was at this time that I realized that we were going to need to take evasive action. As I was just about to announce the go around; the captain announced he had the controls. Due to our proximity and direction of the cessna and us; we made a climbing right turn away from the cessna. We cleaned up the aircraft and we exchanged controls. The controller was very apologetic and audibly shaken. The controller mentioned that from their position they didn't see a problem but knew that if there was; we would do what was necessary. We then returned to runway 8 and landed safely without any other events. Cause; I feel that the real threat was from ATC issuing the go around to the wrong aircraft. As we were landing on runway 8 and the cessna was on runway 36L we were crossing his path and he was closer to the runway. If we had been given the go around command we would have been able to perform a standard straight ahead go around.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air Carrier executed a go around when observing a Cessna on short final for an intersecting runway; the reporter indicating Controller spacing errors and faulty go around judgments.

Narrative: Arrival phase; visual back up to RNAV; cleared to land. We were on descent and handed off to Tower frequency. We were performing a Visual Approach to Runway 8 backing it up with the RNAV 8. We were advised that a Cessna was in the pattern and we acknowledged that we would be looking for the traffic. We had been asked to slow by ATC and slowed to slowest practical speed. We were now inside 1;000 FT and ATC advised us that the Cessna shouldn't be a factor. We then saw the traffic and moments later the Cessna was instructed to go around. As we were landing on Runway 8 and he was landing on Runway 36L this posed a serious problem. It was at this time that I realized that we were going to need to take evasive action. As I was just about to announce the go around; the Captain announced he had the controls. Due to our proximity and direction of the Cessna and us; we made a climbing right turn away from the Cessna. We cleaned up the aircraft and we exchanged controls. The Controller was very apologetic and audibly shaken. The Controller mentioned that from their position they didn't see a problem but knew that if there was; we would do what was necessary. We then returned to Runway 8 and landed safely without any other events. Cause; I feel that the real threat was from ATC issuing the go around to the wrong aircraft. As we were landing on Runway 8 and the Cessna was on Runway 36L we were crossing his path and he was closer to the runway. If we had been given the go around command we would have been able to perform a standard straight ahead go around.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.