Commuter aircraft landing on converging runway with an air carrier departing elects to go around.

Attributes
ACN	317027
Time
Date	199509
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : roc
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl bound lower : 500 agl bound upper : 500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : roc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	landing other
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Route In Use	departure other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 2230 flight time type : 630
ASRS Report	317027
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : airborne less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took evasive action
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 2500 vertical : 500
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

The problem arose when roc tower cleared an MD80 jet to takeoff runway 04 after he cleared us to land runway 10. Roc tower asked us to extend our downwind to accommodate a departure. 1 corporate aircraft left. We were told to turn base and subsequently cleared to land. The MD80 was then cleared to takeoff much to my surprise. By the time the jet engines spooled up and he began to roll, I could tell that we were going to collide at the intersection of runway 4 and runway 10. My captain and I agreed to go around to avoid a collision or near miss. The tower controller again informed us we were cleared to land and I told him he had an aircraft rolling on runway 4. The controller was weighted heavy with workload and was confused. He meant to hold the MD80 in position on runway 4. Contributing factors: 1) the golf tournament produced an unusually large amount of traffic for roc. 2) clearing the jet to takeoff while we were cleared to land. 3) mis-timing the sequence of departures and arrs.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: COMMUTER ACFT LNDG ON CONVERGING RWY WITH AN ACR DEPARTING ELECTS TO GAR.

Narrative: THE PROB AROSE WHEN ROC TWR CLRED AN MD80 JET TO TKOF RWY 04 AFTER HE CLRED US TO LAND RWY 10. ROC TWR ASKED US TO EXTEND OUR DOWNWIND TO ACCOMMODATE A DEP. 1 CORPORATE ACFT LEFT. WE WERE TOLD TO TURN BASE AND SUBSEQUENTLY CLRED TO LAND. THE MD80 WAS THEN CLRED TO TKOF MUCH TO MY SURPRISE. BY THE TIME THE JET ENGS SPOOLED UP AND HE BEGAN TO ROLL, I COULD TELL THAT WE WERE GOING TO COLLIDE AT THE INTXN OF RWY 4 AND RWY 10. MY CAPT AND I AGREED TO GAR TO AVOID A COLLISION OR NEAR MISS. THE TWR CTLR AGAIN INFORMED US WE WERE CLRED TO LAND AND I TOLD HIM HE HAD AN ACFT ROLLING ON RWY 4. THE CTLR WAS WEIGHTED HEAVY WITH WORKLOAD AND WAS CONFUSED. HE MEANT TO HOLD THE MD80 IN POS ON RWY 4. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: 1) THE GOLF TOURNAMENT PRODUCED AN UNUSUALLY LARGE AMOUNT OF TFC FOR ROC. 2) CLRING THE JET TO TKOF WHILE WE WERE CLRED TO LAND. 3) MIS-TIMING THE SEQUENCE OF DEPS AND ARRS.

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.