PLT OF A C208 TOOK EVASIVE ACTION TO AVOID AN ACFT WHILE ON A VECTOR CLRNC. THE PLT WAS SEARCHING FOR TFC THAT HAD BEEN POINTED OUT TO HIM BY THE CTLR; WHICH WAS AT HIS 12 O'CLOCK POS; AND FAILED TO NOTICE THE TFC APCHING FROM THE R.

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WHILE BEING VECTORED INTO FLL BY MIA APCH; I WAS LEVEL AT 3000 FT ON A HDG OF 040 DEGS. MOMENTS BEFORE; MIA APCH HAD TOLD ME THAT I HAD TFC AT MY 12 O'CLOCK POS AND APPROX 2 MI. I SAID ROGER AND THAT I DID NOT SEE THE TFC BUT I WAS LOOKING FOR IT. WHILE I DID NOT SEE THE TFC AT MY 12 O'CLOCK POS I LOOKED OUT OF MY R WINDOW AT ABOUT MY 3 O'CLOCK AND SUDDENLY SAW AN ACFT AT APPROX MY SAME ALT AND HDG STRAIGHT FOR ME. AT THAT TIME I IMMEDIATELY PUT THE AIRPLANE IN A STEEP CLB TO AVOID THE OTHER AIRPLANE. WHILE NO CONTACT OF THE OTHER AIRPLANE WAS MADE IT WAS STILL A CLOSE MISS. I THEN INFORMED THE CTLR THAT I HAD TO MAKE AN EMER CLB TO AVOID ANOTHER AIRPLANE THE CTLR SAID ROGER; 'NO PROB.' AFTER A FEW MORE MINS I WAS HANDED OFF TO FLL TWR AND THEN LANDED. I STILL DO NOT KNOW IF THE TFC THAT I HAD TO AVOID WAS THE SAME TFC THAT WAS ISSUED TO ME OR IF IT WAS ANOTHER AIRPLANE THAT ATC DID NOT SEE. WHICHEVER IT WAS; IT HAS TAUGHT ME THAT JUST BECAUSE I AM ON AN IFR FLT PLAN DOES NOT GUARANTEE ME TFC SEPARATION.