A lancair pilot departing on a IFR flight plan experienced an near midair collision with a cessna si...

Attributes
ACN	1016223
Time
Date	201206
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	BED.Airport
State Reference	MA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Lancair Evolution
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Cessna Single Piston Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 65 Flight Crew Total 5400 Flight Crew Type 60
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 300 Vertical 0

Narrative:

After taking off from runway 23 on an IFR flight I was cleared to climb on runway heading to 2;000 MSL. While climbing through 750 MSL TCAS called traffic dead ahead about the same time as we spotted a high wing cessna right ahead. We broke right and narrowly avoided him. We had had no warning from tower about potential conflict. The controller was very busy with many aircraft in training situations entering and exiting [his airspace]. In talking to the tower supervisor later it appears the cessna was on a practice approach and drifted across the end of the runway. I don't think the tower controller should have allowed practice approaches (to another runway!) during such a busy time. He should have appreciated that they could drift into a conflict and should have warned me of the potential.one additional factor is that the lancair evolution is a very high performance airplane and the controller may have been unfamiliar and not realized how fast we would go once released.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Lancair pilot departing on a IFR flight plan experienced an NMAC with a Cessna single flying a practice approach to a different runway.

Narrative: After taking off from Runway 23 on an IFR flight I was cleared to climb on runway heading to 2;000 MSL. While climbing through 750 MSL TCAS called traffic dead ahead about the same time as we spotted a high wing Cessna right ahead. We broke right and narrowly avoided him. We had had no warning from tower about potential conflict. The Controller was very busy with many aircraft in training situations entering and exiting [his airspace]. In talking to the Tower supervisor later it appears the Cessna was on a practice approach and drifted across the end of the runway. I don't think the Tower controller should have allowed practice approaches (to another runway!) during such a busy time. He should have appreciated that they could drift into a conflict and should have warned me of the potential.One additional factor is that the Lancair Evolution is a very high performance airplane and the Controller may have been unfamiliar and not realized how fast we would go once released.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

A lancair pilot departing on a IFR flight plan experienced an near midair collision with a cessna single flying a practice approach to a different runway.