Flight crew on initial climb experienced near midair collision.

Attributes
ACN	318904
Time
Date	199510
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lgb
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 1000 msl bound upper : 1000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : lgb tower : cvg
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 1500
ASRS Report	318904
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	conflict : nmac
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : took evasive action
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Miss Distance	horizontal : 500 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : unspecified
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

Cleared for takeoff, in climb 1000 ft tower gave us traffic and to turn only south. We saw aircraft ahead of us. He appeared to be on right downwind for runway 25. We had to take evasive action turn to right (north) and climb to avoid. If we had flown the departure given we would have turned into him and contacted.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC ON INITIAL CLB EXPERIENCED NMAC.

Narrative: CLRED FOR TKOF, IN CLB 1000 FT TWR GAVE US TFC AND TO TURN ONLY S. WE SAW ACFT AHEAD OF US. HE APPEARED TO BE ON R DOWNWIND FOR RWY 25. WE HAD TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION TURN TO R (N) AND CLB TO AVOID. IF WE HAD FLOWN THE DEP GIVEN WE WOULD HAVE TURNED INTO HIM AND CONTACTED.

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.