Go around resulted from communication problem and close spacing at cleveland, oh.

Attributes
ACN	477185
Time
Date	200006
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cle.airport
State Reference	OH
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : cle.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	tower : cle.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Beech 1900
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing : go around
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	other pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 19400 flight time type : 15400
ASRS Report	477185
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	477188
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : executed go around
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Miss Distance	horizontal : 3000 vertical : 200
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance

Narrative:

Holding short of runway 23L in cle, on runway 28, we were #1 for takeoff. Tower cleared us to cross runway 23L and cleared for takeoff on runway 23R. He also cleared the B737 behind us to cross runway 23L and position and hold on runway 23R. We checked for traffic on final, saw a beech 1900, judged it safe to cross and started across runway 23L. Tower made a transmission for someone to hold short of runway 23L, but the call sign was unclr. The B737 behind us acknowledged the tower, saying they would hold short of runway 23L. We thought all was well until the beech 1900 initiated a go around. The tower asked him what the reason was for the go around and he said that there was traffic crossing his runway. The tower canceled our takeoff clearance, when the beech went around. I asked the tower if his hold short instructions had been for us. He said 'yes' they had been. I should point out that even if we had been able to understand the tower's hold short instructions, the front half of our aircraft was already across the hold short line. There was also no second call to expedite or stop from the tower, only silence. The confign of these runways and txwys and the practices of the tower make this a very dangerous intersection. The runways and txwys in cle are out-dated and the controllers are always trying to push too much traffic, too fast and too close.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GAR RESULTED FROM COM PROB AND CLOSE SPACING AT CLEVELAND, OH.

Narrative: HOLDING SHORT OF RWY 23L IN CLE, ON RWY 28, WE WERE #1 FOR TKOF. TWR CLRED US TO CROSS RWY 23L AND CLRED FOR TKOF ON RWY 23R. HE ALSO CLRED THE B737 BEHIND US TO CROSS RWY 23L AND POS AND HOLD ON RWY 23R. WE CHKED FOR TFC ON FINAL, SAW A BEECH 1900, JUDGED IT SAFE TO CROSS AND STARTED ACROSS RWY 23L. TWR MADE A XMISSION FOR SOMEONE TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 23L, BUT THE CALL SIGN WAS UNCLR. THE B737 BEHIND US ACKNOWLEDGED THE TWR, SAYING THEY WOULD HOLD SHORT OF RWY 23L. WE THOUGHT ALL WAS WELL UNTIL THE BEECH 1900 INITIATED A GAR. THE TWR ASKED HIM WHAT THE REASON WAS FOR THE GAR AND HE SAID THAT THERE WAS TFC XING HIS RWY. THE TWR CANCELED OUR TKOF CLRNC, WHEN THE BEECH WENT AROUND. I ASKED THE TWR IF HIS HOLD SHORT INSTRUCTIONS HAD BEEN FOR US. HE SAID 'YES' THEY HAD BEEN. I SHOULD POINT OUT THAT EVEN IF WE HAD BEEN ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE TWR'S HOLD SHORT INSTRUCTIONS, THE FRONT HALF OF OUR ACFT WAS ALREADY ACROSS THE HOLD SHORT LINE. THERE WAS ALSO NO SECOND CALL TO EXPEDITE OR STOP FROM THE TWR, ONLY SILENCE. THE CONFIGN OF THESE RWYS AND TXWYS AND THE PRACTICES OF THE TWR MAKE THIS A VERY DANGEROUS INTXN. THE RWYS AND TXWYS IN CLE ARE OUT-DATED AND THE CTLRS ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO PUSH TOO MUCH TFC, TOO FAST AND TOO CLOSE.

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.