Near midair collision between rotary winged traffic.

Attributes
ACN	255074
Time
Date	199310
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : lev
State Reference	LA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 500 agl bound upper : 500
Environment
Flight Conditions	Marginal
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zhu tower : tyr
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	enroute : direct
Flight Plan	VFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	enroute : direct
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 10200 flight time type : 80
ASRS Report	255074
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 300 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 2500
ASRS Report	254908
Events
Anomaly	conflict : nmac inflight encounter : vfr in imc non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took evasive action
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 200 vertical : 200
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Aircraft were converging. Our evasive action was to climb while the other aircraft descended. He was hidden behind my door frame and didn't appear until approximately 1/8 mi. The other aircraft was a cpr helicopter.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: NMAC BTWN ROTARY WINGED TFC.

Narrative: ACFT WERE CONVERGING. OUR EVASIVE ACTION WAS TO CLB WHILE THE OTHER ACFT DSNDED. HE WAS HIDDEN BEHIND MY DOOR FRAME AND DIDN'T APPEAR UNTIL APPROX 1/8 MI. THE OTHER ACFT WAS A CPR HELI.

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.