Near midair collision.

Attributes
ACN	247861
Time
Date	199308
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : bwz
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	msl bound lower : 10500 msl bound upper : 10500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	enroute airway : zny
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	descent other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 20 flight time total : 2200 flight time type : 20
ASRS Report	247861
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : nmac non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 50 vertical : 300
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation other

Narrative:

I was in cruise VFR at 10500 and had just been handed off from ny departure (126.85?) and made contact with ZNY (135.75) when an medium large transport was suddenly noted at my 2 O'clock position heading at me and apparently descending. It passed just behind me and overhead. I immediately told the controller an medium large transport just passed overhead and he sort of grunted back 'yeah.' no further word from him. The medium large transport was a scheduled airline plane I thought. We were both under positive control. Maybe talking to different controllers since I was leaving ny TCA and he was going in. Seems like alarm bells would have sounded somewhere. Maybe everything was cool, but the separation was too close for comfort and it was an unnerving experience -- perhaps more so for the pilots, passenger of the other plane and also the controller. Perhaps the proximity to bwz was a factor as well as being between or at the edge of ATC sectors.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: NMAC.

Narrative: I WAS IN CRUISE VFR AT 10500 AND HAD JUST BEEN HANDED OFF FROM NY DEP (126.85?) AND MADE CONTACT WITH ZNY (135.75) WHEN AN MLG WAS SUDDENLY NOTED AT MY 2 O'CLOCK POS HDG AT ME AND APPARENTLY DSNDING. IT PASSED JUST BEHIND ME AND OVERHEAD. I IMMEDIATELY TOLD THE CTLR AN MLG JUST PASSED OVERHEAD AND HE SORT OF GRUNTED BACK 'YEAH.' NO FURTHER WORD FROM HIM. THE MLG WAS A SCHEDULED AIRLINE PLANE I THOUGHT. WE WERE BOTH UNDER POSITIVE CTL. MAYBE TALKING TO DIFFERENT CTLRS SINCE I WAS LEAVING NY TCA AND HE WAS GOING IN. SEEMS LIKE ALARM BELLS WOULD HAVE SOUNDED SOMEWHERE. MAYBE EVERYTHING WAS COOL, BUT THE SEPARATION WAS TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT AND IT WAS AN UNNERVING EXPERIENCE -- PERHAPS MORE SO FOR THE PLTS, PAX OF THE OTHER PLANE AND ALSO THE CTLR. PERHAPS THE PROX TO BWZ WAS A FACTOR AS WELL AS BEING BTWN OR AT THE EDGE OF ATC SECTORS.

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.