Narrative:

Arriving into the kansas terminal area via the tyger 4 arrival, our aircraft was turned over to kansas approach control passing trike intersection. We were given a couple of step down altitudes and told to fly a 330 degree heading. Descending out of 6000 ft to 4000 ft approximately 15 mi from the mkc airport, we called the airport in sight. The controller told us to maintain 3000 ft but did not clear us for a visual approach. We again called the airport in sight and descended to 3000 ft. Approximately 5 mi from the airport, still at 3000 ft, the controller called us and said he had a traffic alert, turn left to 280 degree immediately we had traffic at 12 O'clock, less than a mile same altitude. My co-pilot and I saw the C210 at the same time and both agreed a 280 degree heading would put us right across the front of this aircraft. We turned to the right instead. The other aircraft passed off our left side approximately 1/8 or a mile of less. At this point we were less than 4 mi from mkc and the controller asked us if we had the airport in sight. We told him we had told him twice that the airport was in sight and the traffic he called out was passing off of our left side. He responded by saying that he was a little busy and the frequency was congested. He at that point cleared us for the visual approach to runway 1 at mkc. Myself and my co-pilot both feel that had we made that turn to 280 degree we would have come very close to a midair with the C210. We feel the controller was overwhelmed at the time and made a mistake by requesting the turn to 280 degree which is why we made our turn to the right.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MCI APCH ISSUES TFC ALERT AND TURNS A BE40, WHAT THE FLC DETERMINES AS A GREATER POTENTIAL FOR CONFLICT, AND TURNS THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

Narrative: ARRIVING INTO THE KANSAS TERMINAL AREA VIA THE TYGER 4 ARRIVAL, OUR ACFT WAS TURNED OVER TO KANSAS APCH CTL PASSING TRIKE INTERSECTION. WE WERE GIVEN A COUPLE OF STEP DOWN ALTITUDES AND TOLD TO FLY A 330 DEG HEADING. DESCENDING OUT OF 6000 FT TO 4000 FT APPROX 15 MI FROM THE MKC ARPT, WE CALLED THE ARPT IN SIGHT. THE CTLR TOLD US TO MAINTAIN 3000 FT BUT DID NOT CLR US FOR A VISUAL APCH. WE AGAIN CALLED THE ARPT IN SIGHT AND DESCENDED TO 3000 FT. APPROX 5 MI FROM THE ARPT, STILL AT 3000 FT, THE CTLR CALLED US AND SAID HE HAD A TFC ALERT, TURN LEFT TO 280 DEG IMMEDIATELY WE HAD TFC AT 12 O'CLOCK, LESS THAN A MILE SAME ALTITUDE. MY CO-PLT AND I SAW THE C210 AT THE SAME TIME AND BOTH AGREED A 280 DEG HEADING WOULD PUT US RIGHT ACROSS THE FRONT OF THIS ACFT. WE TURNED TO THE RIGHT INSTEAD. THE OTHER ACFT PASSED OFF OUR LEFT SIDE APPROX 1/8 OR A MILE OF LESS. AT THIS POINT WE WERE LESS THAN 4 MI FROM MKC AND THE CTLR ASKED US IF WE HAD THE ARPT IN SIGHT. WE TOLD HIM WE HAD TOLD HIM TWICE THAT THE ARPT WAS IN SIGHT AND THE TFC HE CALLED OUT WAS PASSING OFF OF OUR LEFT SIDE. HE RESPONDED BY SAYING THAT HE WAS A LITTLE BUSY AND THE FREQ WAS CONGESTED. HE AT THAT POINT CLEARED US FOR THE VISUAL APCH TO RWY 1 AT MKC. MYSELF AND MY CO-PLT BOTH FEEL THAT HAD WE MADE THAT TURN TO 280 DEG WE WOULD HAVE COME VERY CLOSE TO A MIDAIR WITH THE C210. WE FEEL THE CTLR WAS OVERWHELMED AT THE TIME AND MADE A MISTAKE BY REQUESTING THE TURN TO 280 DEG WHICH IS WHY WE MADE OUR TURN TO THE RIGHT.

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.