Narrative:

While climbing on a downwind out of 7fl6 spruce creek; I called dab to practice two GPS instrument approaches to the spruce creek airport; 7fl6. I followed all ATC's vector commands with read backs. I entered the transponder code given. Read back with code and tail number and I received no 'read back correct' on this or any of the ATC's vector commands that morning. Once; while being vectored away from the FAF 'gamgy'; I was told to turn right to 330 degrees which was approx a 340 degree turn. I requested to go left and was granted request. Then I was instructed to go right. At one point during the vectoring; I had a near miss with a jet aircraft who was turning away from my path. I was directly under him. At this point; I was approaching the deland airport 'ded' & looking down on the main runway 30. At this point; I advised the ATC operator that I was not landing at ded but spruce creek. After the near miss and arriving above the 30 runway at ded; and being flow away from my intended waypoint; I became confused. I was then told to climb to 2500 ft and proceed to gamgy. To climb to 2500 ft and go direct to gamgy would have been impossible because I was only a couple of miles away-I was at 1700 ft and the approach alt was 1700 ft. I then asked to cancel the request for the approaches; for at this time; I had no confidence in the ATC personnel that I was working with in the dab tower. A loud screaming voice came back to squawk 1200 and accused me of not following instructions.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GA pilot reported missing and confusing ATC directions that led to a near midair collision in DAB airspace.

Narrative: While climbing on a downwind out of 7FL6 Spruce Creek; I called DAB to practice two GPS instrument approaches to the Spruce Creek Airport; 7FL6. I followed all ATC's vector commands with read backs. I entered the transponder code given. Read back with code and tail number and I received no 'Read back correct' on this or any of the ATC's vector commands that morning. Once; while being vectored away from the FAF 'GAMGY'; I was told to turn right to 330 degrees which was approx a 340 degree turn. I requested to go left and was granted request. Then I was instructed to go right. At one point during the vectoring; I had a near miss with a jet aircraft who was turning away from my path. I was directly under him. At this point; I was approaching the Deland Airport 'DED' & looking down on the main runway 30. At this point; I advised the ATC operator that I was not landing at DED but Spruce Creek. After the near miss and arriving above the 30 runway at DED; and being flow away from my intended waypoint; I became confused. I was then told to climb to 2500 ft and proceed to GAMGY. To climb to 2500 ft and go direct to GAMGY would have been impossible because I was only a couple of miles away-I was at 1700 ft and the approach alt was 1700 ft. I then asked to cancel the request for the approaches; for at this time; I had no confidence in the ATC personnel that I was working with in the DAB tower. A loud screaming voice came back to squawk 1200 and accused me of not following instructions.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.