Narrative:

Our flight was cleared onto runway 30 in lgb to position and hold. Another airplane (I believe an A300) had been cleared to land on runway 30 and was outside the FAF (becca). The controller was very busy with practice aircraft on runway 25L/right doing pattern work and was calling their base legs for them. We were sitting on the runway for a couple mins and we made sure we had the TCAS set to the 5 mi ring to be able to seed the approaching airplane. At the 5 mi point the captain went ahead and put on our strobes on our aircraft to make us more visible to the approaching aircraft. At this point the tower became extremely busy with student pilots on runway 25L/right and it was impossible to get a transmission out to let tower know we were still on the runway. Finally as the aircraft was last I saw within 400 ft above on TCAS and within 1/2 mi was I able to advise of our position on the runway. At that point tower instructed the other aircraft to go around.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ATCT LCL CTLR AT LGB CLRS B767 INTO POS AND THEN GETS DISTR. ACFT ON APCH FORCED TO GO AROUND.

Narrative: OUR FLT WAS CLRED ONTO RWY 30 IN LGB TO POS AND HOLD. ANOTHER AIRPLANE (I BELIEVE AN A300) HAD BEEN CLRED TO LAND ON RWY 30 AND WAS OUTSIDE THE FAF (BECCA). THE CTLR WAS VERY BUSY WITH PRACTICE ACFT ON RWY 25L/R DOING PATTERN WORK AND WAS CALLING THEIR BASE LEGS FOR THEM. WE WERE SITTING ON THE RWY FOR A COUPLE MINS AND WE MADE SURE WE HAD THE TCAS SET TO THE 5 MI RING TO BE ABLE TO SEED THE APCHING AIRPLANE. AT THE 5 MI POINT THE CAPT WENT AHEAD AND PUT ON OUR STROBES ON OUR ACFT TO MAKE US MORE VISIBLE TO THE APCHING ACFT. AT THIS POINT THE TWR BECAME EXTREMELY BUSY WITH STUDENT PLTS ON RWY 25L/R AND IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET A XMISSION OUT TO LET TWR KNOW WE WERE STILL ON THE RWY. FINALLY AS THE ACFT WAS LAST I SAW WITHIN 400 FT ABOVE ON TCAS AND WITHIN 1/2 MI WAS I ABLE TO ADVISE OF OUR POS ON THE RWY. AT THAT POINT TWR INSTRUCTED THE OTHER ACFT TO GO AROUND.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.