Narrative:

Under positive control with palm beach at 3500 ft AGL en route to fll on heading 180 degrees. Palm beach controller called and canceled flight following when I went to request center frequency. My cockpit was filled with the sight of a meridian flying northbound on a 360 degrees. The meridian turned hard left and up, I went to a full 70 degree angle and down, effected recovery at 2500 ft and established heading again on 180 degrees. Called palm beach who did not respond. Looked to my right and saw a hawker 800 roll onto final descent from approximately 4000 ft. He dropped to approximately 3000 ft by the time I realized we were on a collision course. So, I pushed forward at 150+ KTS to 1500 ft where the hawker passed behind me by a couple hundred ft. Palm beach still failed to respond. I switched to miami approach and informed them of the incident. They promptly assigned me a squawk and direct to fll. This flight was filed VFR from heg (23J) to fll. I left fll with flight following back to heg. Palm beach dropped me to 1000 ft and canceled my VFR flight plan, leaving me exposed again to departing aircraft. The abuse of VFR flight following discretion in palm beach TRACON has jeopardized my life and aircraft, plus other aircraft in the class C and B area. When I made it to daytona beach TRACON, I again requested flight following and notified them of the events in palm beach TRACON. I was told to stop whining but given a squawk, then they changed shifts and dropped me altogether. I called daytona upon reaching jax airspace and cancelled flight following and my VFR flight plan.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT OF PA28 ON VFR FLT PLAN IS DENIED FLT FOLLOWING SVC BY ATC. EXPERIENCES 2 NMAC EVENTS IN A MATTER OF A FEW MI.

Narrative: UNDER POSITIVE CTL WITH PALM BEACH AT 3500 FT AGL ENRTE TO FLL ON HDG 180 DEGS. PALM BEACH CTLR CALLED AND CANCELED FLT FOLLOWING WHEN I WENT TO REQUEST CTR FREQ. MY COCKPIT WAS FILLED WITH THE SIGHT OF A MERIDIAN FLYING NBOUND ON A 360 DEGS. THE MERIDIAN TURNED HARD L AND UP, I WENT TO A FULL 70 DEG ANGLE AND DOWN, EFFECTED RECOVERY AT 2500 FT AND ESTABLISHED HDG AGAIN ON 180 DEGS. CALLED PALM BEACH WHO DID NOT RESPOND. LOOKED TO MY R AND SAW A HAWKER 800 ROLL ONTO FINAL DSCNT FROM APPROX 4000 FT. HE DROPPED TO APPROX 3000 FT BY THE TIME I REALIZED WE WERE ON A COLLISION COURSE. SO, I PUSHED FORWARD AT 150+ KTS TO 1500 FT WHERE THE HAWKER PASSED BEHIND ME BY A COUPLE HUNDRED FT. PALM BEACH STILL FAILED TO RESPOND. I SWITCHED TO MIAMI APCH AND INFORMED THEM OF THE INCIDENT. THEY PROMPTLY ASSIGNED ME A SQUAWK AND DIRECT TO FLL. THIS FLT WAS FILED VFR FROM HEG (23J) TO FLL. I LEFT FLL WITH FLT FOLLOWING BACK TO HEG. PALM BEACH DROPPED ME TO 1000 FT AND CANCELED MY VFR FLT PLAN, LEAVING ME EXPOSED AGAIN TO DEPARTING ACFT. THE ABUSE OF VFR FLT FOLLOWING DISCRETION IN PALM BEACH TRACON HAS JEOPARDIZED MY LIFE AND ACFT, PLUS OTHER ACFT IN THE CLASS C AND B AREA. WHEN I MADE IT TO DAYTONA BEACH TRACON, I AGAIN REQUESTED FLT FOLLOWING AND NOTIFIED THEM OF THE EVENTS IN PALM BEACH TRACON. I WAS TOLD TO STOP WHINING BUT GIVEN A SQUAWK, THEN THEY CHANGED SHIFTS AND DROPPED ME ALTOGETHER. I CALLED DAYTONA UPON REACHING JAX AIRSPACE AND CANCELLED FLT FOLLOWING AND MY VFR FLT PLAN.

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.