Near midair collision between reporter small transport and unidentified VFR traffic.

Attributes
ACN	111735
Time
Date	198905
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : syr
State Reference	NY
Altitude	msl bound lower : 7500 msl bound upper : 7500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	VFR
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 : 150 flight time total : 8300 flight time type : 100
ASRS Report	111735
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	conflict : nmac other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 20 vertical : 20
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

A cruise altitude, inappropriate to the direction of flight, was selected for passenger comfort as well as speed. Proceeding northwesterly to syr, ny, although it was a VFR day, it was quite hazy and visibility to the west was restr by the low sun. The first officer and several passenger saw the high wing type aircraft pass west to east under and aft of our aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: NMAC BETWEEN REPORTER SMT AND UNIDENTIFIED VFR TRAFFIC.

Narrative: A CRUISE ALT, INAPPROPRIATE TO THE DIRECTION OF FLT, WAS SELECTED FOR PAX COMFORT AS WELL AS SPEED. PROCEEDING NORTHWESTERLY TO SYR, NY, ALTHOUGH IT WAS A VFR DAY, IT WAS QUITE HAZY AND VISIBILITY TO THE W WAS RESTR BY THE LOW SUN. THE F/O AND SEVERAL PAX SAW THE HIGH WING TYPE ACFT PASS W TO E UNDER AND AFT OF OUR 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.