<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1747433, May 2020

GA pilot reported an near miss while on an IFR flight; and that ATC issued a traffic alert after the fact.

Attributes
ACN	1747433
Time
Date	202005
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.TRACON
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Vectors Direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Instructor
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 45 Flight Crew Total 320 Flight Crew Type 167
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Miss Distance	Horizontal 500 Vertical 0

Narrative:

Aircraft X was flying at 7;000 feet on an IFR flight plan while in contact with ZZZ approach; had a near miss with aircraft Y. The aircraft was less than 500 feet away when a deviation from ATC instructions was initiated and a dive down by aircraft X to 6;000 feet was performed in VMC to avoid a conflict. After the dive and aircraft Y was no longer a factor ATC advised aircraft X of a traffic alert after it had occurred. Approach was on [frequency]; the controller was possibly distracted and did not give traffic prior to it becoming a close call.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GA pilot reported an near miss while on an IFR flight; and that ATC issued a traffic alert after the fact.

Narrative: Aircraft X was flying at 7;000 feet on an IFR flight plan while in contact with ZZZ Approach; had a near miss with Aircraft Y. The aircraft was less than 500 feet away when a deviation from ATC instructions was initiated and a dive down by Aircraft X to 6;000 feet was performed in VMC to avoid a conflict. After the dive and Aircraft Y was no longer a factor ATC advised Aircraft X of a traffic alert after it had occurred. Approach was on [frequency]; the Controller was possibly distracted and did not give traffic prior to it becoming a close call.

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.