Narrative:

I was holding short of the left parallel runway at night. Tower told us to cross, no delay, traffic on short final for left, position and hold on right. From angled holding position, it is impossible to see final approach path from left seat of aircraft. First officer said he thought it looked ok, we hurried across the left runway toward the right as cleared. As you enter the runway, the taxi line turns perpendicular to the runways and it is possible to see the approach path from the left seat. It became obvious that approaching aircraft was quite close, and I increased thrust significantly to hurry across the runway. Just as we were clearing the left runway tower told the approaching act to go around. I'm sure the close proximity of the approaching aircraft, combined with the engine noise of our own aircraft as we hurried across was alarming to any of our passenger who may have been paying attention. Contributing factors were definitely: 1)a high volume of traffic at the airport resulting in pressure on controllers to get traffic across the left runway (landing runway) and on to the right (departing runway). 2) decreased ability to judge distance of oncoming aircraft at night, and 3) angled position at the hold short point, making it very difficult to see final approach.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: E145 CREW WAS GIVEN CLRNC TO CROSS A RWY AT CLE THAT REQUIRED A LNDG B737 TO GO AROUND.

Narrative: I WAS HOLDING SHORT OF THE L PARALLEL RWY AT NIGHT. TWR TOLD US TO CROSS, NO DELAY, TFC ON SHORT FINAL FOR L, POS AND HOLD ON R. FROM ANGLED HOLDING POS, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE FINAL APCH PATH FROM L SEAT OF ACFT. FO SAID HE THOUGHT IT LOOKED OK, WE HURRIED ACROSS THE L RWY TOWARD THE R AS CLRED. AS YOU ENTER THE RWY, THE TAXI LINE TURNS PERPENDICULAR TO THE RWYS AND IT IS POSSIBLE TO SEE THE APCH PATH FROM THE L SEAT. IT BECAME OBVIOUS THAT APCHING ACFT WAS QUITE CLOSE, AND I INCREASED THRUST SIGNIFICANTLY TO HURRY ACROSS THE RWY. JUST AS WE WERE CLRING THE L RWY TWR TOLD THE APCHING ACT TO GO AROUND. I'M SURE THE CLOSE PROX OF THE APCHING ACFT, COMBINED WITH THE ENG NOISE OF OUR OWN ACFT AS WE HURRIED ACROSS WAS ALARMING TO ANY OF OUR PAX WHO MAY HAVE BEEN PAYING ATTN. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE DEFINITELY: 1)A HIGH VOLUME OF TFC AT THE ARPT RESULTING IN PRESSURE ON CTLRS TO GET TFC ACROSS THE L RWY (LNDG RWY) AND ON TO THE R (DEPARTING RWY). 2) DECREASED ABILITY TO JUDGE DISTANCE OF ONCOMING ACFT AT NIGHT, AND 3) ANGLED POS AT THE HOLD SHORT POINT, MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE FINAL APCH.

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.