Narrative:

Flying the skips departure off of 26L we were given a turn direct to crabi and climb from 7000 to 16000 after the initial southbound turn and climb to 7000 feet. As I began the left turn to the east and climbed out of 7000; we got a TA followed quickly by an RA. The command was a significant descent. I was still hand flying; so I complied with the RA expeditiously. I used the turn to keep from negative G'ing our jet as I transitioned from a climb to a rapid descent. The first officer said it looked like a tbm or similar single engine mono plane; who was also in a rapid descent. As we passed the intruder aircraft; the first officer said 'that was close'. He told ATC we were complying with an RA. He thought we missed by 200-300 feet laterally and passed at close to the same altitude. After the maneuver we resumed our climb and turn to crabi; notifying ATC. We continued to our destination. The passengers and flight attendants were still strapped in; so it was just a close call. No damage or injuries.ATC steered us into the path of another aircraft. We were just northwest of tamiami airport. Probably a lot of VFR traffic on a day like this. I think in this case the question is better answered by ATC or the intruder aircraft? What I would like to know is why the other aircraft was also in a steep descent. Was he not complying with his TCAS or not given an RA? Seems unusual for TCAS to command descents to both aircraft.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 Captain reported an NMAC with a single engine aircraft shortly after departing MIA.

Narrative: Flying the SKIPS departure off of 26L we were given a turn direct to CRABI and climb from 7000 to 16000 after the initial southbound turn and climb to 7000 feet. As I began the left turn to the east and climbed out of 7000; we got a TA followed quickly by an RA. The command was a significant descent. I was still hand flying; so I complied with the RA expeditiously. I used the turn to keep from negative G'ing our jet as I transitioned from a climb to a rapid descent. The First Officer said it looked like a TBM or similar single engine mono plane; who was also in a rapid descent. As we passed the intruder aircraft; the First Officer said 'That was close'. He told ATC we were complying with an RA. He thought we missed by 200-300 feet laterally and passed at close to the same altitude. After the maneuver we resumed our climb and turn to CRABI; notifying ATC. We continued to our destination. The passengers and Flight Attendants were still strapped in; so it was just a close call. No damage or injuries.ATC steered us into the path of another aircraft. We were just NW of Tamiami airport. Probably a lot of VFR traffic on a day like this. I think in this case the question is better answered by ATC or the intruder aircraft? What I would like to know is why the other aircraft was also in a steep descent. Was he not complying with his TCAS or not given an RA? Seems unusual for TCAS to command descents to both aircraft.

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.