Medium large transport climbing on SID has near midair collision with small aircraft.

Attributes
ACN	99629
Time
Date	198812
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : pom airport : ont
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 6500 msl bound upper : 6500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : ont
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Retractable Gear
Aircraft 2
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure sid : sid
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	99629
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	conflict : nmac non adherence : far other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 150 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

While climbing through 6500' over pom VOR on a pom 2 departure, an small aircraft passed head on from slightly right to left. Vertical clearance 0', horizontal, 150'. The first officer was flying and I was in the middle of frequency change from ont departure to lzx control. The first officer saw the small aircraft first while leveling off for a 7000' departure restriction. No time for evasive action. This departure requires multiple altitude restrictions at low altitudes that leave no time for the PF to look out the window. The other pilot spends half his time monitoring the PF and then looking outside. The near miss occurred during a frequency change over the pom VOR with both pilots heads down. It seems to be safer to climb VFR and look outside in this environment rather than fly a restrictive departure at low altitude. Ont departure did not paint any traffic.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MLG CLIMBING ON SID HAS NMAC WITH SMA.

Narrative: WHILE CLBING THROUGH 6500' OVER POM VOR ON A POM 2 DEP, AN SMA PASSED HEAD ON FROM SLIGHTLY RIGHT TO LEFT. VERT CLRNC 0', HORIZ, 150'. THE F/O WAS FLYING AND I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF FREQ CHANGE FROM ONT DEP TO LZX CTL. THE F/O SAW THE SMA FIRST WHILE LEVELING OFF FOR A 7000' DEP RESTRICTION. NO TIME FOR EVASIVE ACTION. THIS DEP REQUIRES MULTIPLE ALT RESTRICTIONS AT LOW ALTS THAT LEAVE NO TIME FOR THE PF TO LOOK OUT THE WINDOW. THE OTHER PLT SPENDS HALF HIS TIME MONITORING THE PF AND THEN LOOKING OUTSIDE. THE NEAR MISS OCCURRED DURING A FREQ CHANGE OVER THE POM VOR WITH BOTH PLTS HEADS DOWN. IT SEEMS TO BE SAFER TO CLB VFR AND LOOK OUTSIDE IN THIS ENVIRONMENT RATHER THAN FLY A RESTRICTIVE DEP AT LOW ALT. ONT DEP DID NOT PAINT ANY TFC.

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.