Descending light transport has near midair collision with small aircraft northwest of dfw.

Attributes
ACN	93344
Time
Date	198808
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : bpr
State Reference	TX
Altitude	msl bound lower : 7000 msl bound upper : 7000
Environment
Flight Conditions	Marginal
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zfw tower : cdg
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	descent other
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Flight Phase	cruise other
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 4700 flight time type : 400
ASRS Report	93344
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	conflict : nmac non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 200 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

Center had cleared us to cross 5 mi out at 6000'. At about 8 mi center told us about an small transport at 9000' nebnd. We were looking for him when an small aircraft appeared at 2 O'clock and at our altitude. There was no time to react. We just happened to both be at an angle that caused us to miss. We informed center we had the twin and an small aircraft close and at our altitude, center's response was 'thank you'. A major contributor is ft worth's center not allowing turbo propellers on the jet arrivals. So we are always down low worth GA aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DESCENDING LTT HAS NMAC WITH SMA NW OF DFW.

Narrative: CENTER HAD CLRED US TO CROSS 5 MI OUT AT 6000'. AT ABOUT 8 MI CENTER TOLD US ABOUT AN SMT AT 9000' NEBND. WE WERE LOOKING FOR HIM WHEN AN SMA APPEARED AT 2 O'CLOCK AND AT OUR ALT. THERE WAS NO TIME TO REACT. WE JUST HAPPENED TO BOTH BE AT AN ANGLE THAT CAUSED US TO MISS. WE INFORMED CENTER WE HAD THE TWIN AND AN SMA CLOSE AND AT OUR ALT, CENTER'S RESPONSE WAS 'THANK YOU'. A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR IS FT WORTH'S CENTER NOT ALLOWING TURBO PROPS ON THE JET ARRIVALS. SO WE ARE ALWAYS DOWN LOW WORTH GA ACFT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.