Narrative:

Hand-flying on ILS final in VMC underneath several layers of sct-broken clouds down to ~2500 feet. Approx;6 mi final (near FAF); tower cleared us to land #2 behind cessna on close base; and then cleared another aircraft to take off. Takeoff aircraft reported FOD on runway; and tower told them they would check. We asked tower for position of FOD; and he responded something to the effect of 'short of runway'. He then asked takeoff aircraft for position and type of FOD. Aircraft responded 'green metal'; tower then relayed to us 'between A2 and A3' (near our touchdown zone). At this time we were approximately 2 mi; and captain decided to go around.on go around; captain pilot flying (PF) called for flaps 20; LNAV; VNAV; but failed to call for autopilot. Delay in autopilot call was due to excessive nose-up trim that needed correcting; airplane was not fully stable. By the time nose attitude and trim was brought under control; altitude was approaching map altitude of 3000 MSL; and eventually reached 3500 feet. At the time; pilot monitoring (pm) was switching back to approach control. Captain told pm to ask for VFR downwind; which was granted; but 3500 feet altitude was reached before VFR clearance received. No traffic conflict.continued VFR pattern to uneventful landing.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Captain called for a go-around due to FOD reported on the runway. During the go-around event the cleared climb-to altitude was overshot by 500 feet.

Narrative: Hand-flying on ILS final in VMC underneath several layers of SCT-BKN clouds down to ~2500 feet. Approx;6 mi final (near FAF); tower cleared us to land #2 behind Cessna on close base; and then cleared another aircraft to take off. Takeoff aircraft reported FOD on runway; and tower told them they would check. We asked tower for position of FOD; and he responded something to the effect of 'short of runway'. He then asked takeoff aircraft for position and type of FOD. Aircraft responded 'green metal'; tower then relayed to us 'between A2 and A3' (near our touchdown zone). At this time we were approximately 2 mi; and Captain decided to go around.On go around; Captain Pilot Flying (PF) called for Flaps 20; LNAV; VNAV; but failed to call for autopilot. Delay in autopilot call was due to excessive nose-up trim that needed correcting; airplane was not fully stable. By the time nose attitude and trim was brought under control; altitude was approaching MAP altitude of 3000 MSL; and eventually reached 3500 feet. At the time; Pilot Monitoring (PM) was switching back to approach control. Captain told PM to ask for VFR downwind; which was granted; but 3500 feet altitude was reached before VFR clearance received. No traffic conflict.Continued VFR pattern to uneventful landing.

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.