A departure air carrier came in close proximity to an small aircraft while in a climb.

Attributes
ACN	136160
Time
Date	199002
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ont
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 3000 msl bound upper : 3100
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : ont tower : bdl
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Route In Use	departure sid : sid
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	descent other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	controller military : 12 controller radar : 2 flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 350
ASRS Report	136160
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : nmac non adherence : published procedure non adherence : required legal separation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : took evasive action
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 0 vertical : 100
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Operational Error

Narrative:

Near miss! Air carrier medium large transport fully loaded. Right after takeoff from ont runway 26L, at approximately 3000' MSL, the departure controller (ont) issued an 'urgent' traffic alert. He told an small aircraft 'do not descend further,' or something like than, then in the same breath shouted 'air carrier X, level off immediately!' I retarded the throttles to idle and pushed the nose down just in time to see the small aircraft pass about 100' above us. After we cleared him, we were cleared to resume our climb and departure. There was no discussion of the incident over the radio, nor did the controller offer any explanation(south). We scared our plane full of passenger (I offered them some comfort by explaining the incident to them over the P/a system, etc), but the only 'fix' is to restore the manpwr levels which reagan destroyed, and update the system equipment.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A DEP ACR CAME IN CLOSE PROX TO AN SMA WHILE IN A CLIMB.

Narrative: NEAR MISS! ACR MLG FULLY LOADED. RIGHT AFTER TKOF FROM ONT RWY 26L, AT APPROX 3000' MSL, THE DEP CTLR (ONT) ISSUED AN 'URGENT' TFC ALERT. HE TOLD AN SMA 'DO NOT DSND FURTHER,' OR SOMETHING LIKE THAN, THEN IN THE SAME BREATH SHOUTED 'ACR X, LEVEL OFF IMMEDIATELY!' I RETARDED THE THROTTLES TO IDLE AND PUSHED THE NOSE DOWN JUST IN TIME TO SEE THE SMA PASS ABOUT 100' ABOVE US. AFTER WE CLRED HIM, WE WERE CLRED TO RESUME OUR CLB AND DEP. THERE WAS NO DISCUSSION OF THE INCIDENT OVER THE RADIO, NOR DID THE CTLR OFFER ANY EXPLANATION(S). WE SCARED OUR PLANE FULL OF PAX (I OFFERED THEM SOME COMFORT BY EXPLAINING THE INCIDENT TO THEM OVER THE P/A SYS, ETC), BUT THE ONLY 'FIX' IS TO RESTORE THE MANPWR LEVELS WHICH REAGAN DESTROYED, AND UPDATE THE SYS EQUIP.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.