Commuter aircraft has near midair collision with small aircraft after departing lax.

Attributes
ACN	226130
Time
Date	199211
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : lgb airport : lax
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 5000 msl bound upper : 5000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : lax artcc : zan
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Retractable Gear
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : private pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 260 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	226130
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : nmac
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took evasive action
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Miss Distance	horizontal : 100 vertical : 100
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

After an uneventful departure from lax we were on a vector to sna. After the cruise check had been accomplished (5000 ft MSL), the captain was getting sna's ATIS, so his head was inside the airplane. An small aircraft popped up right in front of us. The small aircraft was in a climbing left turn. Once I saw him coming up from under our nose, I and the captain pulled up approximately 5 degrees. We were at 240 KTS, we left our assigned altitude immediately. After I had recovered from the climb, we radioed lax departure that we just had a near miss and that we had to deviation from our assigned altitude. The controller said the small aircraft had just popped up on his radar, we had no warning. In the future, I think it would be a good idea if the controllers didn't expect us to get the arriving ATIS on such short busy flts. 4 eyes outside at all times are needed in the lax basin. The rest of the flight went as planned, except for a little knee-knocking.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: COMMUTER ACFT HAS NMAC WITH SMA AFTER DEPARTING LAX.

Narrative: AFTER AN UNEVENTFUL DEP FROM LAX WE WERE ON A VECTOR TO SNA. AFTER THE CRUISE CHK HAD BEEN ACCOMPLISHED (5000 FT MSL), THE CAPT WAS GETTING SNA'S ATIS, SO HIS HEAD WAS INSIDE THE AIRPLANE. AN SMA POPPED UP RIGHT IN FRONT OF US. THE SMA WAS IN A CLBING L TURN. ONCE I SAW HIM COMING UP FROM UNDER OUR NOSE, I AND THE CAPT PULLED UP APPROX 5 DEGS. WE WERE AT 240 KTS, WE LEFT OUR ASSIGNED ALT IMMEDIATELY. AFTER I HAD RECOVERED FROM THE CLB, WE RADIOED LAX DEP THAT WE JUST HAD A NEAR MISS AND THAT WE HAD TO DEV FROM OUR ASSIGNED ALT. THE CTLR SAID THE SMA HAD JUST POPPED UP ON HIS RADAR, WE HAD NO WARNING. IN THE FUTURE, I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA IF THE CTLRS DIDN'T EXPECT US TO GET THE ARRIVING ATIS ON SUCH SHORT BUSY FLTS. 4 EYES OUTSIDE AT ALL TIMES ARE NEEDED IN THE LAX BASIN. THE REST OF THE FLT WENT AS PLANNED, EXCEPT FOR A LITTLE KNEE-KNOCKING.

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.