Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Commercial
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 53; Flight Crew Total 3776; Flight Crew Type 3000
Situational Awareness
ATC Issue All Types; Conflict Airborne Conflict
Air Traffic Control Issued New Clearance; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors; Procedure
Primary runway in use was Runway 8. We (C-172 in closed traffic) were cleared for low approach #2 following air carrier on straight in approach/landing on Runway 8. An air carrier had been cleared for landing several miles north of the airport on Runway 17. At least 3 Skyhawks were in close traffic for Runway 8 and 2 air carriers were holding short Runway 17. During our approach to Runway 8 and near/past the threshold the air carrier executed a go around Runway 17 and we executed steep left climbing turn following Tower instructions in order to not overfly Runway 17 and avoid the Air Carrier. Wind 100/9.Sequential landing and approaches on intersecting runways by aircraft with differing performance and visibility characteristics (air carrier vs. high wing Cessna with limited side-upward see and avoid during low approach) should be considered ONLY if adequate separation can be assured and if traffic density in the primary runway closed VFR pattern is light. That was not the case in this circumstance and the air carrier should have been vectored to Runway 8 or we should not have been cleared for low approach to Runway 8 until after the Air Carrier had landed.
C172 Flight Instructor with student is cleared for a low approach only while an air carrier is cleared to land on the intersecting runway. The air carrier elects to go around resulting in an airborne conflict at the runway intersection with the C172 taking evasive action.