Air carrier climbing to cruise has near midair collision with fgt.

Attributes
ACN	164551
Time
Date	199012
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : trm
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 20000 msl bound upper : 20000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zla
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : initial climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	other
Make Model Name	Fighter
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude cruise other
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 13500 flight time type : 600
ASRS Report	164551
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : nmac non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Miss Distance	horizontal : 100 vertical : 200
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Operational Error

Narrative:

Scheduled airlines flight from san to slc was being controled by ZLA with a radar vector direct to tnp. As first officer, I was in control of the medium large transport, flying in the right seat. At approximately xyz while climbing through approximately FL200, a navy fgt climbed through our altitude and crossed over our aircraft. West/O any warning the bottom of the fct filled the captain's side window and crossed directly over our fuselage. Looking out the right rear side of my side window, I saw the navy fgt in a very nose high attitude on a course of approximately 150 degrees. He appeared to level off at approximately 2000' above our altitude while maintaining course and a very nose high attitude. The captain then asked ZLA if they were painting an aircraft that had just crossed over us. The controller stated there was an emergency navy aircraft in the area and he would check. By phone later the center supervisor stated the fgt had been cleared form 16000 to 23000', and that he had stated he had us 'in sight.' my view of the gear doors of the fgt out the captain's side window indicates he did not have us in sight when he crossed within 100-200' of our aircraft. A warning from center would have saved several anxious mins.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR CLIMBING TO CRUISE HAS NMAC WITH FGT.

Narrative: SCHEDULED AIRLINES FLT FROM SAN TO SLC WAS BEING CTLED BY ZLA WITH A RADAR VECTOR DIRECT TO TNP. AS F/O, I WAS IN CTL OF THE MLG, FLYING IN THE RIGHT SEAT. AT APPROX XYZ WHILE CLBING THROUGH APPROX FL200, A NAVY FGT CLBED THROUGH OUR ALT AND CROSSED OVER OUR ACFT. W/O ANY WARNING THE BOTTOM OF THE FCT FILLED THE CAPT'S SIDE WINDOW AND CROSSED DIRECTLY OVER OUR FUSELAGE. LOOKING OUT THE RIGHT REAR SIDE OF MY SIDE WINDOW, I SAW THE NAVY FGT IN A VERY NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE ON A COURSE OF APPROX 150 DEGS. HE APPEARED TO LEVEL OFF AT APPROX 2000' ABOVE OUR ALT WHILE MAINTAINING COURSE AND A VERY NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE. THE CAPT THEN ASKED ZLA IF THEY WERE PAINTING AN ACFT THAT HAD JUST CROSSED OVER US. THE CTLR STATED THERE WAS AN EMER NAVY ACFT IN THE AREA AND HE WOULD CHK. BY PHONE LATER THE CENTER SUPVR STATED THE FGT HAD BEEN CLRED FORM 16000 TO 23000', AND THAT HE HAD STATED HE HAD US 'IN SIGHT.' MY VIEW OF THE GEAR DOORS OF THE FGT OUT THE CAPT'S SIDE WINDOW INDICATES HE DID NOT HAVE US IN SIGHT WHEN HE CROSSED WITHIN 100-200' OF OUR ACFT. A WARNING FROM CENTER WOULD HAVE SAVED SEVERAL ANXIOUS MINS.

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