Reporter states traffic was issued by ATC and reporter had near midair collision with traffic while ...

Attributes
ACN	1159834
Time
Date	201402
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	PVU.Airport
State Reference	UT
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Route In Use	Other VFR Traffic
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20 Flight Crew Total 2800 Flight Crew Type 820
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 200 Vertical 0

Narrative:

I was pilot in command of single engine turboprop on IFR plan; destination provo; ut (pvu). Arriving from the east; we had been kept at a high altitude; arriving over mountains. ATC provided vectors to position west of destination airport and then we were cleared for visual approach. While turning to airport; and descending; ATC advised of VFR traffic below us and to our 1:00. We were about 3;000 feet above airport; descending; and turning to right; towards the airport. This turn was in direction of reported traffic. We were looking for traffic; but did not see it - probably because it was below us; and on right side of plane (as pilot I was seated on left seat of plane). The other plane emerged close to us; going in opposite direction; on our left side and was very close to our left wing tip; at our altitude.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Reporter states traffic was issued by ATC and reporter had NMAC with traffic while in close proximity to destination airport.

Narrative: I was pilot in command of single engine turboprop on IFR plan; destination Provo; UT (PVU). Arriving from the east; we had been kept at a high altitude; arriving over mountains. ATC provided vectors to position west of destination airport and then we were cleared for visual approach. While turning to airport; and descending; ATC advised of VFR traffic below us and to our 1:00. We were about 3;000 feet above airport; descending; and turning to right; towards the airport. This turn was in direction of reported traffic. We were looking for traffic; but did not see it - probably because it was below us; and on right side of plane (As pilot I was seated on left seat of plane). The other plane emerged close to us; going in opposite direction; on our left side and was very close to our left wing tip; at our altitude.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

Reporter states traffic was issued by ATC and reporter had near midair collision with traffic while in close proximity to destination airport.