Widebody transport deliberately slow to clear runway and causes another aircraft to go around.

Attributes
ACN	110099
Time
Date	198905
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : den
State Reference	CO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 50 agl bound upper : 500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : den artcc : zny
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing : go around
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 500
ASRS Report	110099
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical non adherence : clearance
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance other
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 50 vertical : 500
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

While we were making a visibility approach to runway 26R to den, another airline's widebody transport had landed ahead of us on runway 26L. He was crossing runway 26R ahead of us,and we were monitoring his progress as we continued our visibility approach. In my estimation, the widebody transport had had clearly more than sufficient time to clear runway 26R, except that his taxi speed was extremely slow. I continued the approach expecting him to clear, but his taxi speed was snail-like. We executed a go around at about 50-60' AGL, right before tower called us to do so. Our captain called tower on the landline once we had blocked in, and from what I could gather from that conversation, our company had had to perform more that one go around that day due to air carrier's slowness to clear the active runways. It is no secret that job action-related incidents such as this have occurred during other times when industry labor conflicts have erupted. If this can be proved to be the case (by observing a series of incidents, say at a particular airport), we need to stop it.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: WDB DELIBERATELY SLOW TO CLEAR RWY AND CAUSES ANOTHER ACFT TO GO AROUND.

Narrative: WHILE WE WERE MAKING A VIS APCH TO RWY 26R TO DEN, ANOTHER AIRLINE'S WDB HAD LANDED AHEAD OF US ON RWY 26L. HE WAS XING RWY 26R AHEAD OF US,AND WE WERE MONITORING HIS PROGRESS AS WE CONTINUED OUR VIS APCH. IN MY ESTIMATION, THE WDB HAD HAD CLEARLY MORE THAN SUFFICIENT TIME TO CLR RWY 26R, EXCEPT THAT HIS TAXI SPD WAS EXTREMELY SLOW. I CONTINUED THE APCH EXPECTING HIM TO CLEAR, BUT HIS TAXI SPD WAS SNAIL-LIKE. WE EXECUTED A GAR AT ABOUT 50-60' AGL, RIGHT BEFORE TWR CALLED US TO DO SO. OUR CAPT CALLED TWR ON THE LANDLINE ONCE WE HAD BLOCKED IN, AND FROM WHAT I COULD GATHER FROM THAT CONVERSATION, OUR COMPANY HAD HAD TO PERFORM MORE THAT ONE GAR THAT DAY DUE TO ACR'S SLOWNESS TO CLR THE ACTIVE RWYS. IT IS NO SECRET THAT JOB ACTION-RELATED INCIDENTS SUCH AS THIS HAVE OCCURRED DURING OTHER TIMES WHEN INDUSTRY LABOR CONFLICTS HAVE ERUPTED. IF THIS CAN BE PROVED TO BE THE CASE (BY OBSERVING A SERIES OF INCIDENTS, SAY AT A PARTICULAR ARPT), WE NEED TO STOP IT.

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.