Near midair collision between 2 smas at lit.

Attributes
ACN	202283
Time
Date	199202
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lit
State Reference	AR
Altitude	msl bound lower : 1500 msl bound upper : 1700
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : lit
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	VFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Retractable Gear
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 40 flight time total : 1200 flight time type : 40
ASRS Report	202283
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Events
Anomaly	conflict : nmac
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took evasive action
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 25 vertical : 100
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

300 degree heading climb out through haze layer. At 1200 controller called small aircraft Y traffic at 11 O'clock 1700 descending to runway 18. Reply 'no contact,' continued climb out at 1500 FPM. Evasive action required to prevent mid air collision. Small aircraft Y took a dive. I took a climb. Luckily our reflexes were each in the right direction. Moral: ask for traffic updates as controllers next response was 'traffic no factor.'

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: NMAC BTWN 2 SMAS AT LIT.

Narrative: 300 DEG HDG CLBOUT THROUGH HAZE LAYER. AT 1200 CTLR CALLED SMA Y TFC AT 11 O'CLOCK 1700 DSNDING TO RWY 18. REPLY 'NO CONTACT,' CONTINUED CLBOUT AT 1500 FPM. EVASIVE ACTION REQUIRED TO PREVENT MID AIR COLLISION. SMA Y TOOK A DIVE. I TOOK A CLB. LUCKILY OUR REFLEXES WERE EACH IN THE R DIRECTION. MORAL: ASK FOR TFC UPDATES AS CTLRS NEXT RESPONSE WAS 'TFC NO FACTOR.'

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.