Narrative:

Departed yolo county airport en route to vacaville. Approximately 25 NM southwest of yolo county airport at 1000 ft MSL a military mlt en route to travis air force base at 1000 MSL passed in front of my aircraft approximately 1/4 mi, approached from right rear quarter and passed right to left at approximately 250 KTS. My indicated airspeed was 150 mph, (my aircraft is an small aircraft). Occurrence was approximately 25 mi north (true) of travis air force base. Evasive action taken (180 degree turn) to avoid wake turbulence. The mlt had no lights on. I had only a strobe light on. I was squawking 1200 with altitude encoding. I was not in contact with travis approach, I was monitoring yolo county traffic unicom. After landing, I called travis RAPCON and talked with sgt X who informed me it was a mac flight VFR inbound and quote, 'he screwed us up as much as he screwed you up.' conditions: high overcast (8000 ft) scattered clouds in the area, visibility approximately 40 mi -- smooth air. My aircraft is bare aluminum with maroon trim -- strobe light on bottom of aircraft. Has poor visibility aft -- good forward. Perception -- my aircraft hard to see -- large aircraft at 250 KTS low, small aircraft at 130 KTS -- 4 small airports within 10 NM north of travis -- not a good idea to operate a transport category aircraft (excess 12500 pounds) VFR at 1000 MSL (800 AGL) at 250 KTS near uncontrolled airport. See and avoid are good if 1 or both can see and avoid. An arsa or TCA wouldn't help, only good judgement and eyesight would.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: POTENTIAL CONFLICT OCCURS AFTER THE SEE AND AVOID CONCEPT FAILS.

Narrative: DEPARTED YOLO COUNTY ARPT ENRTE TO VACAVILLE. APPROX 25 NM SW OF YOLO COUNTY ARPT AT 1000 FT MSL A MIL MLT ENRTE TO TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE AT 1000 MSL PASSED IN FRONT OF MY ACFT APPROX 1/4 MI, APCHED FROM R REAR QUARTER AND PASSED R TO L AT APPROX 250 KTS. MY INDICATED AIRSPD WAS 150 MPH, (MY ACFT IS AN SMA). OCCURRENCE WAS APPROX 25 MI N (TRUE) OF TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE. EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN (180 DEG TURN) TO AVOID WAKE TURB. THE MLT HAD NO LIGHTS ON. I HAD ONLY A STROBE LIGHT ON. I WAS SQUAWKING 1200 WITH ALT ENCODING. I WAS NOT IN CONTACT WITH TRAVIS APCH, I WAS MONITORING YOLO COUNTY TFC UNICOM. AFTER LNDG, I CALLED TRAVIS RAPCON AND TALKED WITH SGT X WHO INFORMED ME IT WAS A MAC FLT VFR INBOUND AND QUOTE, 'HE SCREWED US UP AS MUCH AS HE SCREWED YOU UP.' CONDITIONS: HIGH OVCST (8000 FT) SCATTERED CLOUDS IN THE AREA, VISIBILITY APPROX 40 MI -- SMOOTH AIR. MY ACFT IS BARE ALUMINUM WITH MAROON TRIM -- STROBE LIGHT ON BOTTOM OF ACFT. HAS POOR VISIBILITY AFT -- GOOD FORWARD. PERCEPTION -- MY ACFT HARD TO SEE -- LARGE ACFT AT 250 KTS LOW, SMALL ACFT AT 130 KTS -- 4 SMALL ARPTS WITHIN 10 NM N OF TRAVIS -- NOT A GOOD IDEA TO OPERATE A TRANSPORT CATEGORY ACFT (EXCESS 12500 POUNDS) VFR AT 1000 MSL (800 AGL) AT 250 KTS NEAR UNCTLED ARPT. SEE AND AVOID ARE GOOD IF 1 OR BOTH CAN SEE AND AVOID. AN ARSA OR TCA WOULDN'T HELP, ONLY GOOD JUDGEMENT AND EYESIGHT WOULD.

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.