THE RPTR IS BUZZED BY A TWIN TURBO PROP OTTER PARACHUTE JUMP PLANE.

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ON SEP/SUN/95 AT APPROX XA00 HRS LCL; WHILE FLYING IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION AT 6500 FT APPROX 6-8 MI E OF LAKE ELSINORE; MY PAX AND I OBSERVED A TURBINE PWRED TWIN ON A COLLISION COURSE; AT OUR ALT; APPROX 20 DEGS RELATIVE TO OUR COURSE. WE TOOK EVASIVE ACTION; TURNING HARD 30 DEGS R. HE PASSED APPROX 200 FT IN FRONT OF OUR EASTERLY COURSE. HE THEN CIRCLED; CAME UP APPROX 150 FT TO OUR L AND PARALLEL TO OUR NOW EASTERLY ALT AND COURSE. HE THEN DROPPED DOWN UNDER US; CAME UP ON OUR R; SLIGHTLY BEHIND; APPROX 150 FT AWAY AND APPROX 30 DEGS HIGHER. I TRIED TO TALK TO HIM AIR TO AIR. HE DIDN'T RESPOND; MADE A R STEEP (VERY) DSNDING TURN BACK TOWARDS THE W. DURING HIS TIME ON OUR R (S) SIDE WE OBSERVED THAT THIS TURBINE TWIN HAD NO DOOR; IS PROBABLY A JUMP PLANE. EXCEPT FOR OUR 30 DEG COURSE CHANGE AND BACK E; WE MAINTAINED OUR ALT AND EASTERLY DIRECTION. WE WERE SO SURPRISED BY THESE MANEUVERS; WE NEGLECTED TO RECORD HIS 'N' NUMBER. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED HE WAS FLYING A CESSNA 182. THE TURBO PROP HE BELIEVES WAS A TWIN OTTER. THE RPTR SAID HE DID NOT NORMALLY CHK NOTAMS AND WAS NOT AWARE OF THE 1- 800-WX BRIEF BUT HE SURE WILL CHK NOTAMS FROM NOW ON. AS AN ASIDE; FROM LCL EXPERIENCE IN THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA; THE IDEA OF TAKING OFF WITHOUT CALLING FOR BRIEFING IS NOT UNUSUAL. THE RPTR STATED MANY PLTS IN THE AREA WILL USE AS A MATTER OF CUSTOM THE S SIDE OF HWY 15 TO GO VFR SBOUND TO OCEANSIDE; PALOMAR; AND SAN DIEGO; AND THE N SIDE OF THE HWY COMING NBOUND. THE INLAND RTE IS BETTER THAN GOING ALONG THE COAST FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS. THEY DON'T PAY ALL THAT MUCH ATTN TO APPROPRIATE ALTS AS IN THIS CASE THE RPTR WAS SEBOUND AT 6500 FT. ALSO; THEY DON'T PAY MUCH MIND TO PARACHUTE AREAS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOONS EITHER. THIS RPTR SURE DID NOTICE THE TWIN TURBINE WHEN IT GAVE HIM A BUZZ JOB. TIME ELAPSED LONG ENOUGH FOR THE RPTR TO ATTEMPT CONTACT WITH THE OTTER ON 121.95; 122.90; 123.45; AND 122.8. THE RPTR NEVER WAS ABLE TO TALK TO THE OTTER. THE AREA AROUND ELSINORE IS ALSO A WAY FOR PLTS TO GET AROUND THE S SIDE OF THE MARCH CLASS C AIRSPACE AND THE N SIDE OF CAMP PENDLETON ON THE WAY TOWARDS SAN DIEGO (THE 2ND LARGEST CITY IN CA). ALSO; MANY PLTS FROM THE BASIN ARPTS WILL COME BY ELSINORE ON THEIR WAY TO FRENCH VALLEY WHICH IS A PARTICULARLY ATTRACTIVE ARPT FOR LNDG PRACTICE.