Narrative:

While an a VFR flight from toa to wjf in lancaster, ca I experienced a near miss with a light transport just north of burbank. After exiting the lax corridor I contacted burbank approach northeast of lax while still under the TCA. I was assigned a transponder code although the burbank controller expressed some question about which controllers sector I was in. He was very busy with no pause in his transmission to other traffic and he did not verify radar contact with me. I climbed to 7500' and was in level flight when suddenly I was nose to nose with a light transport at eleven thirty to twelve O'clock approximately 50 to 100' away just slightly below me. I instinctively pulled back on the yoke and abruptly climbed to avoid colliding with him. I asked burbank if they knew about our near collision. They gave me a number to call after I landed at which time they stated that even though they had given me a transponder code they had not verified my position and then lost me on radar because I posed over their antenna. They did point me out to the light transport as unconfirmed at 7500'. The light transport was descending through 7500. I asked why the controller didn't give me another controller when I first contacted him if he was too busy or working a different sector. I was told that the other controller (to whom I was eventually handed off too after the near miss) was just as busy. Even though I passed over the antenna I don't understand why the computer didn't project my continued course and why the collision avoidance system didn't alert the controller that based on our mode C information and course we were going to collide. It also appears that the controllers were too busy. If only two controllers work the burbank arsa, they are too short staffed.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: NO TRAFFIC ADVISORY GIVEN WHEN IN CONTACT WITH APCH CTLR AND SQUAWKING ASSIGNED CODE.

Narrative: WHILE AN A VFR FLIGHT FROM TOA TO WJF IN LANCASTER, CA I EXPERIENCED A NEAR MISS WITH A LTT JUST NORTH OF BURBANK. AFTER EXITING THE LAX CORRIDOR I CONTACTED BURBANK APPROACH NE OF LAX WHILE STILL UNDER THE TCA. I WAS ASSIGNED A TRANSPONDER CODE ALTHOUGH THE BURBANK CTLR EXPRESSED SOME QUESTION ABOUT WHICH CTLRS SECTOR I WAS IN. HE WAS VERY BUSY WITH NO PAUSE IN HIS XMISSION TO OTHER TFC AND HE DID NOT VERIFY RADAR CONTACT WITH ME. I CLBED TO 7500' AND WAS IN LEVEL FLT WHEN SUDDENLY I WAS NOSE TO NOSE WITH A LTT AT ELEVEN THIRTY TO TWELVE O'CLOCK APPROXIMATELY 50 TO 100' AWAY JUST SLIGHTLY BELOW ME. I INSTINCTIVELY PULLED BACK ON THE YOKE AND ABRUPTLY CLIMBED TO AVOID COLLIDING WITH HIM. I ASKED BURBANK IF THEY KNEW ABOUT OUR NEAR COLLISION. THEY GAVE ME A NUMBER TO CALL AFTER I LANDED AT WHICH TIME THEY STATED THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD GIVEN ME A TRANSPONDER CODE THEY HAD NOT VERIFIED MY POSITION AND THEN LOST ME ON RADAR BECAUSE I POSED OVER THEIR ANTENNA. THEY DID POINT ME OUT TO THE LTT AS UNCONFIRMED AT 7500'. THE LTT WAS DESCENDING THROUGH 7500. I ASKED WHY THE CTLR DIDN'T GIVE ME ANOTHER CTLR WHEN I FIRST CONTACTED HIM IF HE WAS TOO BUSY OR WORKING A DIFFERENT SECTOR. I WAS TOLD THAT THE OTHER CTLR (TO WHOM I WAS EVENTUALLY HANDED OFF TOO AFTER THE NEAR MISS) WAS JUST AS BUSY. EVEN THOUGH I PASSED OVER THE ANTENNA I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE COMPUTER DIDN'T PROJECT MY CONTINUED COURSE AND WHY THE COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM DIDN'T ALERT THE CTLR THAT BASED ON OUR MODE C INFORMATION AND COURSE WE WERE GOING TO COLLIDE. IT ALSO APPEARS THAT THE CTLRS WERE TOO BUSY. IF ONLY TWO CTLRS WORK THE BURBANK ARSA, THEY ARE TOO SHORT STAFFED.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.