C180 pilot reports a near midair collision with an opposite direction columbia northwest of las on V...

Attributes
ACN	1013899
Time
Date	201205
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	LSV.TRACON
State Reference	NV
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Cessna 180 Skywagon
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Retractable Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Glider Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 75 Flight Crew Total 8250 Flight Crew Type 1225
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 200 Vertical 0

Narrative:

Climbing from 10;500 to 12;500 ft; northwest bound on V105; talking to nellis control. My TAS (traffic alert system) (not a full TCAS) sounded a verbal warning: 'traffic 12 o'clock; one mile; same altitude'; and displayed a visual warning on my garmin 530. After a brief search I saw the other aircraft; descending through my altitude; head-on. We both saw each other at about the same time with maybe a quarter-mile separation; closing speed probably 300 KTS. We both turned right; and passed each other with approximately a 200 ft horizontal clearance; and no vertical separation. We both were already in communication with nellis control; and the controller did not call out the traffic to either of us. I believe that controller distraction may have lead to this omission; I think he was working military traffic on UHF. I also feel that if my TAS system had not warned me; there could likely have been a collision due to GPS navigation accuracy. The other aircraft apparently had a TAS system as well; as he told nellis he had seen me on his traffic system. We both reported the incident to nellis control; but I did not file a formal near-miss report; I do not know if the other pilot did.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C180 pilot reports a NMAC with an opposite direction Columbia northwest of LAS on V105. The C180 pilot was climbing and the other descending and both were talking to Nellis Control; but no warning was provided. Both aircraft were equipped with a TAS; which allowed both pilots to take evasive action.

Narrative: Climbing from 10;500 to 12;500 FT; northwest bound on V105; talking to Nellis Control. My TAS (Traffic Alert System) (not a full TCAS) sounded a verbal warning: 'Traffic 12 o'clock; one mile; same altitude'; and displayed a visual warning on my Garmin 530. After a brief search I saw the other aircraft; descending through my altitude; head-on. We both saw each other at about the same time with maybe a quarter-mile separation; closing speed probably 300 KTS. We both turned right; and passed each other with approximately a 200 FT horizontal clearance; and no vertical separation. We both were already in communication with Nellis Control; and the Controller did not call out the traffic to either of us. I believe that Controller distraction may have lead to this omission; I think he was working military traffic on UHF. I also feel that if my TAS system had not warned me; there could likely have been a collision due to GPS navigation accuracy. The other aircraft apparently had a TAS system as well; as he told Nellis he had seen me on his traffic system. We both reported the incident to Nellis Control; but I did not file a formal near-miss report; I do not know if the other pilot did.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.