<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1223557, December 2014

Pilot reports being on short final when the tower controller put an aircraft into position on the same runway. Pilot elects to execute a go-around.

Attributes
ACN	1223557
Time
Date	201412
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ORD.Tower
State Reference	IL
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Large Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

We were cleared to land 28R by tower on an 8 mile final. On short approach (800 ft); tower cleared a cargo to 'line up and wait'; 28R. I could not see the traffic and did not know where the cargo aircraft currently was. I decided to initiate a go-around on the side of safety.tower should never give 'takeoff' or 'line up and wait' instructions to a departing aircraft; until the landing traffic has landed and cleared the point of the runway that the departing aircraft is holding short. This hazardous clearance from tower; could lead to an aircraft landing on top of another.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Pilot reports being on short final when the Tower Controller put an aircraft into position on the same runway. Pilot elects to execute a go-around.

Narrative: We were cleared to land 28R by Tower on an 8 mile final. On short approach (800 ft); tower cleared a cargo to 'Line Up and Wait'; 28R. I could not see the traffic and did not know where the cargo aircraft currently was. I decided to initiate a go-around on the side of Safety.Tower should never give 'Takeoff' or 'Line Up and Wait' instructions to a departing aircraft; until the landing traffic has landed and cleared the point of the runway that the departing aircraft is holding short. This hazardous clearance from Tower; could lead to an aircraft landing on top of another.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.