Mdt has near midair collision with small aircraft near airport.

Attributes
ACN	223337
Time
Date	199210
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : eug
State Reference	OR
Altitude	msl bound lower : 3000 msl bound upper : 3000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : eug tower : ord
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Transport
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	cruise other
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller military : 4 controller radar : 3
ASRS Report	223338
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : nmac other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took evasive action
Consequence	other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 0 vertical : 200
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

An mdt nearly missed an uncontrolled VFR small aircraft cruising near the airport at 3000 ft. What caused this problem is lack of an arsa near an airport that gets very busy. The 3000 ft traffic was issued to the mdt but he didn't see him until the last second. Had he not seen him, it would have been a disaster.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MDT HAS NMAC WITH SMA NEAR ARPT.

Narrative: AN MDT NEARLY MISSED AN UNCTLED VFR SMA CRUISING NEAR THE ARPT AT 3000 FT. WHAT CAUSED THIS PROBLEM IS LACK OF AN ARSA NEAR AN ARPT THAT GETS VERY BUSY. THE 3000 FT TFC WAS ISSUED TO THE MDT BUT HE DIDN'T SEE HIM UNTIL THE LAST SECOND. HAD HE NOT SEEN HIM, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A DISASTER.

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.