Air taxi pilot reported being passed at 3500 feet by a BE58 in VMC with only 200 feet of vertical se...

Attributes
ACN	1390517
Time
Date	201609
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	FHR.Airport
State Reference	WA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Cessna Single Piston Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Baron 58/58TC
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 120 Flight Crew Total 5000 Flight Crew Type 480
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Miss Distance	Horizontal 0 Vertical 200

Narrative:

I departed and climbed to 3;500 ft MSL and continuously announced my position and intentions crossing over friday harbor airport (fhr) from northwest to southeast. I observed a baron depart runway 34 and make a right downwind departure climbing to 3;500 ft. At my 08:30 and 1.5nm; on a near parallel course; but converging; I asked 'baron over griffin bay; do you have the aircraft in sight at your 2:30 and about a mile?' to which [he] replied; 'affirmative.' after acknowledging having us in sight; [he] made a shallow right turn towards us that increased the rate of convergence and at approximately 500 ft horizontal separation; made a slight bunt to pass approximately 200 feet below us and 100-200 ft aft of us. Immediately before and after the pass; [he] was close enough to clearly read the registration number and I verified it with the flight following agency (whidbey island NAS approach control) that provided service to both of us subsequent to the event. In my estimation; [he] was operating 'so close to another aircraft as to create a collision hazard' and may have intentionally operated 'an aircraft in formation flight' without arrangement with me; which I could not and did not intend to do while 'carrying passengers for hire.'

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air taxi pilot reported being passed at 3500 feet by a BE58 in VMC with only 200 feet of vertical separation.

Narrative: I departed and climbed to 3;500 ft MSL and continuously announced my position and intentions crossing over Friday Harbor Airport (FHR) from NW to SE. I observed a Baron depart Runway 34 and make a right downwind departure climbing to 3;500 ft. At my 08:30 and 1.5nm; on a near parallel course; but converging; I asked 'Baron over Griffin Bay; do you have the aircraft in sight at your 2:30 and about a mile?' to which [he] replied; 'Affirmative.' After acknowledging having us in sight; [he] made a shallow right turn towards us that increased the rate of convergence and at approximately 500 ft horizontal separation; made a slight bunt to pass approximately 200 feet below us and 100-200 ft aft of us. Immediately before and after the pass; [he] was close enough to clearly read the registration number and I verified it with the flight following agency (Whidbey Island NAS Approach Control) that provided service to both of us subsequent to the event. In my estimation; [he] was operating 'so close to another aircraft as to create a collision hazard' and may have intentionally operated 'an aircraft in formation flight' without arrangement with me; which I could not and did not intend to do while 'carrying passengers for hire.'

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.