Approach control issued traffic advisory on initial contact which reporter pilot stated prevented a ...

Attributes
ACN	910146
Time
Date	201009
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PA-46 Malibu/Malibu Mirage/Malibu Matrix
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	VFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 35 Flight Crew Total 3000 Flight Crew Type 800
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 0 Vertical 100

Narrative:

Took off on cavu day; VFR with flight following (intended) for an 87 NM trip. Tower controller did not speak to me on departure until he passed me off to approach and did not call any potential traffic. Once tower passed me off to approach; the approach controller immediately notified me of another aircraft 12:00; 1 NM away at same altitude. I immediately picked up aircraft visually (identification as an above wing cessna - later found to be a C172) and pulled the nose up harder (overrode autopilot climb) to avoid collision. ATC acted appropriately because he could have given me a squawk to identify me properly and confirm my altitude. He undoubtedly saved my life and that of my daughter and whomever was in the C172! I will be purchasing a collision avoidance system for my aircraft. I am an experienced former military carrier pilot with over three decades of flying experience and mishap/flight violation free record.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Approach Control issued traffic advisory on initial contact which reporter pilot stated prevented a collision; a NMAC did occur however.

Narrative: Took off on CAVU day; VFR with flight following (intended) for an 87 NM trip. Tower Controller did not speak to me on departure until he passed me off to Approach and did not call any potential traffic. Once Tower passed me off to Approach; the Approach Controller immediately notified me of another aircraft 12:00; 1 NM away at same altitude. I immediately picked up aircraft visually (ID as an above wing Cessna - later found to be a C172) and pulled the nose up harder (overrode autopilot climb) to avoid collision. ATC acted appropriately because he could have given me a squawk to identify me properly and confirm my altitude. He undoubtedly saved my life and that of my daughter and whomever was in the C172! I will be purchasing a collision avoidance system for my aircraft. I am an experienced former military carrier pilot with over three decades of flying experience and mishap/flight violation free record.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Approach control issued traffic advisory on initial contact which reporter pilot stated prevented a collision; a near midair collision did occur however.