<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1180101, June 2014

C177 pilot experiences a near midair collision at 8;500 feet near sax (VOR) with an airliner overtaking from behind. Garmin traffic provided enough warning to narrowly avoid a collision. The air carrier crew apparently did not detect the C177.

Attributes
ACN	1180101
Time
Date	201406
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZNY.ARTCC
State Reference	NY
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Cardinal 177/177RG
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Medium Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 7000 Flight Crew Type 850
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal .5 Vertical 0

Narrative:

While cruising enroute to phl at 8;500 feet I received a warning on my TCAS of traffic; I obtained a visual of the passenger jet on a collision course coming from my right rear. I immediately turned 90 degrees left and watched the aircraft slip passed me virtually where I was. I also started a climb to minimize wake turbulence. It appeared the airliner never saw me and had I not had the garmin traffic; I would have been struck.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C177 pilot experiences a NMAC at 8;500 feet near SAX (VOR) with an airliner overtaking from behind. Garmin traffic provided enough warning to narrowly avoid a collision. The Air Carrier crew apparently did not detect the C177.

Narrative: While cruising enroute to PHL at 8;500 feet I received a warning on my TCAS of traffic; I obtained a visual of the passenger jet on a collision course coming from my right rear. I immediately turned 90 degrees left and watched the aircraft slip passed me virtually where I was. I also started a climb to minimize wake turbulence. It appeared the airliner never saw me and had I not had the Garmin traffic; I would have been struck.

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.