Tower controller described a questionable operation between a landing and departure on runways that ...

Attributes
ACN	942997
Time
Date	201104
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Citation X (C750)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Local
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe

Narrative:

While working the local 2 position; I cleared air carrier X to land on runway xxr. The local 1 controller shortly after coordinated the intersection to me behind his departure roll traffic; air carrier Y. The local 1 controller then cleared air carrier Y for immediate takeoff on runway yyr. Once I heard that; I stood up and looked over to see where air carrier Y was on the runway. I then realized that air carrier Y was not going to be through the intersection before air carrier X landed. The action to take in that situation was for me to send air carrier X around; but the supervisor at the time gave the order to let him land for safety. Air carrier X landed safely without incident. Recommendation; the use of lahso would have been a great tool to have in that situation as well as the go-around spacing tool.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Tower Controller described a questionable operation between a landing and departure on runways that intersect at the very end of both; in which a Supervisor directed the reporter not to send the landing aircraft around.

Narrative: While working the Local 2 position; I cleared Air Carrier X to land on Runway XXR. The Local 1 Controller shortly after coordinated the intersection to me behind his departure roll traffic; Air Carrier Y. The Local 1 Controller then cleared Air Carrier Y for immediate takeoff on Runway YYR. Once I heard that; I stood up and looked over to see where Air Carrier Y was on the runway. I then realized that Air Carrier Y was not going to be through the intersection before Air Carrier X landed. The action to take in that situation was for me to send Air Carrier X around; but the Supervisor at the time gave the order to let him land for safety. Air Carrier X landed safely without incident. Recommendation; the use of LAHSO would have been a great tool to have in that situation as well as the go-around spacing tool.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Tower controller described a questionable operation between a landing and departure on runways that intersect at the very end of both; in which a supervisor directed the reporter not to send the landing aircraft around.