Narrative:

Flying into victoria harbor, back course, I called harbor radio, 10 NM southeast of victoria harbor with my position and to obtain traffic and WX advisories. I was told wind was 190 degrees at 15 KTS with gusts. The victoria clipper was in the harbor and a helijet was inbound over discovery island. I told harbor radio I had the clipper and the inbound helijet. I was watching the inbound helijet to make sure there would not be a conflict arriving at the harbor entrance. At the same time, he was pulling ahead of my rapidly and should not be a problem. I was planning a west landing. A couple of mins later I heard helijet calling harbor radio stating he was preparing for takeoff to vancouver, back course, and he had the numbers or check the numbers (meaning he had heard TA's). I decided to turn on my landing light knowing the outbound helijet would be hard to pick out of the ground clutter. I still had the inbound helijet descending into comel point and was looking for the outbound helijet. I lost sight of the inbound helijet in the ground clutter, then picked him back up. Wasn't real sure which helijet I had in sight for a min, but he was heading toward the harbor. I was still looking for the outbound when I finally saw him with a flashing light in front of me at the same altitude and slightly right of me going in the opposite direction. I immediately banked 30 degrees left to avoid the helijet. As we passed I looked out the right passenger window and noticed we were about 150-200 ft apart. Helijet had not changed course or altitude or rate of climb (I'm not sure if he was level or climbing) that I could tell. I believed he had not seen me since he had not changed course or altitude/attitude. The rest of the descent and landing was uneventful, once on the water taxiing to the dock, helijet asked harbor radio for my full call sign. So I assumed he did see me at some point during the event and guessed it was after we had passed or nearly so. At about XA00 local after docking I called harbor radio to get helijet's full call sign and fill out about a canadian in-flight incident report and told them the events of the incident report and told them the events of the incident. I was told helijet had not asked for traffic, but had said check the numbers and it was assumed he had heard TA's on an earlier transmission. Harbor radio told me I could write a statement and send it to them or get the official form. Either one was ok after returning to kenmore, wa. I called again and asked if they could facsimile me the form. They said they would, but it has not arrived yet as I write this. To prevent this again, just better scan from everyone in area.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: NMAC. AN ARRIVING AIR TAXI AND A DEPARTING HELI HAVE AN NMAC OVER A HARBOR AREA.

Narrative: FLYING INTO VICTORIA HARBOR, BC, I CALLED HARBOR RADIO, 10 NM SE OF VICTORIA HARBOR WITH MY POS AND TO OBTAIN TFC AND WX ADVISORIES. I WAS TOLD WIND WAS 190 DEGS AT 15 KTS WITH GUSTS. THE VICTORIA CLIPPER WAS IN THE HARBOR AND A HELIJET WAS INBOUND OVER DISCOVERY ISLAND. I TOLD HARBOR RADIO I HAD THE CLIPPER AND THE INBOUND HELIJET. I WAS WATCHING THE INBOUND HELIJET TO MAKE SURE THERE WOULD NOT BE A CONFLICT ARRIVING AT THE HARBOR ENTRANCE. AT THE SAME TIME, HE WAS PULLING AHEAD OF MY RAPIDLY AND SHOULD NOT BE A PROB. I WAS PLANNING A W LNDG. A COUPLE OF MINS LATER I HEARD HELIJET CALLING HARBOR RADIO STATING HE WAS PREPARING FOR TKOF TO VANCOUVER, BC, AND HE HAD THE NUMBERS OR CHK THE NUMBERS (MEANING HE HAD HEARD TA'S). I DECIDED TO TURN ON MY LNDG LIGHT KNOWING THE OUTBOUND HELIJET WOULD BE HARD TO PICK OUT OF THE GND CLUTTER. I STILL HAD THE INBOUND HELIJET DSNDING INTO COMEL POINT AND WAS LOOKING FOR THE OUTBOUND HELIJET. I LOST SIGHT OF THE INBOUND HELIJET IN THE GND CLUTTER, THEN PICKED HIM BACK UP. WASN'T REAL SURE WHICH HELIJET I HAD IN SIGHT FOR A MIN, BUT HE WAS HDG TOWARD THE HARBOR. I WAS STILL LOOKING FOR THE OUTBOUND WHEN I FINALLY SAW HIM WITH A FLASHING LIGHT IN FRONT OF ME AT THE SAME ALT AND SLIGHTLY R OF ME GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. I IMMEDIATELY BANKED 30 DEGS L TO AVOID THE HELIJET. AS WE PASSED I LOOKED OUT THE R PAX WINDOW AND NOTICED WE WERE ABOUT 150-200 FT APART. HELIJET HAD NOT CHANGED COURSE OR ALT OR RATE OF CLB (I'M NOT SURE IF HE WAS LEVEL OR CLBING) THAT I COULD TELL. I BELIEVED HE HAD NOT SEEN ME SINCE HE HAD NOT CHANGED COURSE OR ALT/ATTITUDE. THE REST OF THE DSCNT AND LNDG WAS UNEVENTFUL, ONCE ON THE WATER TAXIING TO THE DOCK, HELIJET ASKED HARBOR RADIO FOR MY FULL CALL SIGN. SO I ASSUMED HE DID SEE ME AT SOME POINT DURING THE EVENT AND GUESSED IT WAS AFTER WE HAD PASSED OR NEARLY SO. AT ABOUT XA00 LCL AFTER DOCKING I CALLED HARBOR RADIO TO GET HELIJET'S FULL CALL SIGN AND FILL OUT ABOUT A CANADIAN INFLT INCIDENT RPT AND TOLD THEM THE EVENTS OF THE INCIDENT RPT AND TOLD THEM THE EVENTS OF THE INCIDENT. I WAS TOLD HELIJET HAD NOT ASKED FOR TFC, BUT HAD SAID CHK THE NUMBERS AND IT WAS ASSUMED HE HAD HEARD TA'S ON AN EARLIER XMISSION. HARBOR RADIO TOLD ME I COULD WRITE A STATEMENT AND SEND IT TO THEM OR GET THE OFFICIAL FORM. EITHER ONE WAS OK AFTER RETURNING TO KENMORE, WA. I CALLED AGAIN AND ASKED IF THEY COULD FAX ME THE FORM. THEY SAID THEY WOULD, BUT IT HAS NOT ARRIVED YET AS I WRITE THIS. TO PREVENT THIS AGAIN, JUST BETTER SCAN FROM EVERYONE IN AREA.

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.