Commuter aircraft has near midair collision with light corporate jet.

Attributes
ACN	119077
Time
Date	198908
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : lse airport : zmp
State Reference	MN
Altitude	msl bound lower : 3000 msl bound upper : 3000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zmp
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Light Transport
Flight Phase	descent other
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
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 : 4000 flight time type : 1500
ASRS Report	119077
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	conflict : nmac other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 200
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Ambiguous

Narrative:

Passed 200' from small transport Y while inbound to lse. ZMP lost radar with us because we were too low and never saw the small transport Y. I believe lse tower should have a radar; although the problem occurred outside the lse air traffic area, if they had one they would have told us.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: COMMUTER ACFT HAS NMAC WITH LIGHT CORPORATE JET.

Narrative: PASSED 200' FROM SMT Y WHILE INBND TO LSE. ZMP LOST RADAR WITH US BECAUSE WE WERE TOO LOW AND NEVER SAW THE SMT Y. I BELIEVE LSE TWR SHOULD HAVE A RADAR; ALTHOUGH THE PROB OCCURRED OUTSIDE THE LSE ATA, IF THEY HAD ONE THEY WOULD HAVE TOLD US.

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.