Narrative:

After departing camarillo, ca, airport, my student and I made a r-hand, 45 degree departure towards the northwest. Climbing through 2200 ft MSL, my student observed another aircraft maneuvering very close to us. Because my student was flying the aircraft, he took mild evasive action to ensure adequate separation from the other aircraft. This other aircraft was a blue and white PA28. This aircraft was maneuvering at a high density, visual reporting point for both oxnard and camarillo. This reporting point, 'saticoy bridge' is a very busy piece of airspace, with pilots reporting over it, near it, away from it, and at various altitudes and headings. I suggest standardization of altitudes and actual position for pilot reports inbound or outbound to cma or oxr airports. This is being done informally by local pilots, but there will be a midair if this continues, I believe there was a midair here about 5-7 yrs ago. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: for all practical purposes the saticoy bridge reporting point is an intersection for cma arrival and departure traffic, oxr arrs, and traffic into szp (north). During low WX days szp traffic is common because saticoy bridge is located in a basin (alleyway) which runs southwest through northeast from the lax area to the szp.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: INSTRUCTOR PLT AND STUDENT EXPERIENCED NMAC WHILE STUDENT WAS FLYING. THE CONFLICT OCCURRED IN A HIGHLY CONGESTED AREA NEAR A COMMON VFR RPTING POINT. RPTR SUGGESTS THAT LCL OPERATION PROCS CONNECTED WITH THE VFR RPTING POINT BE ALTERED AND FORMALIZED.

Narrative: AFTER DEPARTING CAMARILLO, CA, ARPT, MY STUDENT AND I MADE A R-HAND, 45 DEG DEP TOWARDS THE NW. CLBING THROUGH 2200 FT MSL, MY STUDENT OBSERVED ANOTHER ACFT MANEUVERING VERY CLOSE TO US. BECAUSE MY STUDENT WAS FLYING THE ACFT, HE TOOK MILD EVASIVE ACTION TO ENSURE ADEQUATE SEPARATION FROM THE OTHER ACFT. THIS OTHER ACFT WAS A BLUE AND WHITE PA28. THIS ACFT WAS MANEUVERING AT A HIGH DENSITY, VISUAL RPTING POINT FOR BOTH OXNARD AND CAMARILLO. THIS RPTING POINT, 'SATICOY BRIDGE' IS A VERY BUSY PIECE OF AIRSPACE, WITH PLTS RPTING OVER IT, NEAR IT, AWAY FROM IT, AND AT VARIOUS ALTS AND HDGS. I SUGGEST STANDARDIZATION OF ALTS AND ACTUAL POS FOR PLT RPTS INBOUND OR OUTBOUND TO CMA OR OXR ARPTS. THIS IS BEING DONE INFORMALLY BY LCL PLTS, BUT THERE WILL BE A MIDAIR IF THIS CONTINUES, I BELIEVE THERE WAS A MIDAIR HERE ABOUT 5-7 YRS AGO. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES THE SATICOY BRIDGE RPTING POINT IS AN INTXN FOR CMA ARR AND DEP TFC, OXR ARRS, AND TFC INTO SZP (N). DURING LOW WX DAYS SZP TFC IS COMMON BECAUSE SATICOY BRIDGE IS LOCATED IN A BASIN (ALLEYWAY) WHICH RUNS SW THROUGH NE FROM THE LAX AREA TO THE SZP.

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.