Commuter aircraft has near midair collision with small aircraft.

Attributes
ACN	179736
Time
Date	199105
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : v136
State Reference	NC
Altitude	msl bound lower : 4000 msl bound upper : 4000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	descent other
Route In Use	enroute airway : fay
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 300 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 1200
ASRS Report	179736
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 controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 100 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

Fay approach controller called slow traffic at 12 O'clock, 1 mi, our altitude. We saw an small aircraft at 11 O'clock, less than 100' away, at our altitude. Took evasive action. Controller should have given us immediate turn to 270 degrees instead of asking us to look for the traffic we almost hit. There was no time to look.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: COMMUTER ACFT HAS NMAC WITH SMA.

Narrative: FAY APCH CTLR CALLED SLOW TFC AT 12 O'CLOCK, 1 MI, OUR ALT. WE SAW AN SMA AT 11 O'CLOCK, LESS THAN 100' AWAY, AT OUR ALT. TOOK EVASIVE ACTION. CTLR SHOULD HAVE GIVEN US IMMEDIATE TURN TO 270 DEGS INSTEAD OF ASKING US TO LOOK FOR THE TFC WE ALMOST HIT. THERE WAS NO TIME TO LOOK.

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.