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Small aircraft aircraft executed a go around for unknown reason. Large transport aircraft departing on diagonal runway passed behind the small aircraft approximately 200'.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 142656 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199004 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : mlg |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 150 msl bound upper : 150 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : mlb |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| ASRS Report | 142656 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : nmac non adherence : required legal separation non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 200 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Operational Error |
Narrative:
An large transport was cleared for takeoff runway 9R. An small aircraft was cleared to land runway 4 and went around. The pilot of the small aircraft didn't acknowledge repeated instructions to turn southeast. The small aircraft traffic was passed to the large transport pilot and he responded 'we have him'. The large transport passed about 200' behind the small aircraft. Large transport's operations called the tower and said the pilot thought 'that was too close'. Tower agreed and explained what happened. The small aircraft pilot called the tower and he was requested to leave his radio volume up in the air traffic area. He said it was and that all of his attention was on his aircraft. The problem was discovered visually. The small aircraft pilot didn't report his go around. The aircraft was instructed to turn but he didn't comply. No evasive action was visible from the tower cabin attendant. The only obvious solution is to restrict runway 4 use with jets departing, but volume of traffic at melbourne makes that impractical.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SMA ACFT EXECUTED A GO AROUND FOR UNKNOWN REASON. LGT ACFT DEPARTING ON DIAGONAL RWY PASSED BEHIND THE SMA APPROXIMATELY 200'.
Narrative: AN LGT WAS CLRED FOR TKOF RWY 9R. AN SMA WAS CLRED TO LAND RWY 4 AND WENT AROUND. THE PLT OF THE SMA DIDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE REPEATED INSTRUCTIONS TO TURN SE. THE SMA TFC WAS PASSED TO THE LGT PLT AND HE RESPONDED 'WE HAVE HIM'. THE LGT PASSED ABOUT 200' BEHIND THE SMA. LGT'S OPERATIONS CALLED THE TWR AND SAID THE PLT THOUGHT 'THAT WAS TOO CLOSE'. TWR AGREED AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAPPENED. THE SMA PLT CALLED THE TWR AND HE WAS REQUESTED TO LEAVE HIS RADIO VOLUME UP IN THE ATA. HE SAID IT WAS AND THAT ALL OF HIS ATTN WAS ON HIS ACFT. THE PROBLEM WAS DISCOVERED VISUALLY. THE SMA PLT DIDN'T REPORT HIS GO AROUND. THE ACFT WAS INSTRUCTED TO TURN BUT HE DIDN'T COMPLY. NO EVASIVE ACTION WAS VISIBLE FROM THE TWR CAB. THE ONLY OBVIOUS SOLUTION IS TO RESTRICT RWY 4 USE WITH JETS DEPARTING, BUT VOLUME OF TFC AT MELBOURNE MAKES THAT IMPRACTICAL.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.