NMAC - PLT CLBING INTO THE SUN HAS TFC POINTED OUT; BUT DOES NOT SEE IT UNTIL THE LAST MOMENT.

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WHILE IN A CRUISE CLB IN A BE-58 BARRON; AUTOPLT ENGAGED; 140 KTS; 800-1000 FPM ON A 240 DEG HDG. (WHICH AT THE TIME PUT THE SUN AT 12 O'CLOCK AND ABOUT 20 DEGS ABOVE THE HORIZON). AT THE TIME NHZ APCH WAS WORKING A P3 WITH AN ENG OUT ON A PAR APCH ALONG WITH OTHER IFR AND VFR ACFT. THE CTLR ISSUED TFC TO ME 'TFC 12 TO 1 O'CLOCK; 1 MI OPPOSITE DIRECTION; ALT INDICATES 7700 FT.' (THEY WERE NOT TALKING TO HIM) I LOOKED IN THAT DIRECTION; SAW NOTHING BUT SUN; DISENGAGED THE AUTOPLT; THEN SAW THE ACFT; A PAZT. (I WAS CLBING THROUGH 7500 FT WHEN THE TFC WAS ISSUED) THE PAZT WAS AT 12 O'CLOCK ABOUT 1/4 MI OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN MY ACFT. I APPLIED QUITE A BIT OF NOSE DOWN AND R AILERON TO AVOID THE PAZT. THE ACFT PASSED OVER MY NOSE AND L WING WITH ABOUT 30-40 FT OF VERT SEPARATION. THE AZTEC MADE NO APPARENT MOVE AND APPEARED TO BE IN LEVEL CRUISE. I THEN CONTINUED MY CLB TO 8000 FT. FROM THE TIME THE TFC WAS ISSUED TO THE TIME OF THE EVENT WAS NO MORE THAN 10-15 SECONDS. PRIOR TO THE EVENT; EVERYTHING (NAV; AUTOPLT; RADIOS; ETC.) IN MY ACFT WAS SET; AND MY FOCUS WAS OUTSIDE THE ACFT LOOKING FOR TFC. THE SUN WAS A GREAT RESTR TO MY VISIBILITY AND THE TFC WAS CTRED IN THE SUN. I ASKED THE CTLR WHY THE TFC WASN'T CALLED SOONER; THE RESPONSE WAS WE WERE BUSY AND HE JUST 'POPPED-UP.' NO CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE AZTEC. IN MY OPINION; THE CTLR WAS SPREAD TOO THIN; WITH THE P-3 PAR APCH AND THE OTHER TFC IN THE AREA. 90 PERCENT OF HIS XMISSIONS WERE TO THE P-3. IF A FINAL CTLR WERE USED TO RUN THE PAR; TFC WOULD HAVE BEEN ISSUED EARLIER AND THE EVENT AVOIDED.