A BE99 IFR AT 7000 FT HOLDING FOR A COMMUTER BE02 TO DEPART RUT ARPT BEFORE STARTING APCH CLAIMS THAT BE02 CAME WITHIN 500 FT AND ONE HALF MI FROM HIM. THE BE02 PLT STATED THAT HE WAS AT 6000 FT. SUPPOSEDLY; THE BE02 DEPARTED AFTER HIS VOID TIME HAD LAPSED.

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WHILE BEING VECTORED BY ZBW; I HAD A VERY CLOSE NEAR MISS WITH A COMMUTER. ZBW WAS UNABLE TO CLR ME FOR THE LDA RWY 19 APCH AT RUT DUE TO DEPARTING TFC. ATC VECTORED ME AROUND; KEEPING ME N OF IRA NDB AT 7000 FT. WHILE STAYING IN RADAR CONTACT; AND BEING VECTORED AROUND; I MADE RADIO CONTACT WITH THE ACFT ON THE GND (AT RUT); WHICH WAS PREPARING FOR TKOF. THE PLT WAS NOT VERY RESPONSIVE TO ME; ALTHOUGH I DID TELL HIM I WAS IN IMC CONDITIONS; AND ON AN IFR FLT PLAN WITH ZBW; INBOUND TO RUT. VERY SHORTLY AFTER THIS CONVERSATION WITH THE OTHER ACFT CTR CLRED ME DIRECT TO IRA; AND CLRED LDA RWY 19 AT RUT. CTR ALSO SAID THAT THE VOID TIME FOR THE DEPARTING ACFT HAD ELAPSED. AT THAT MOMENT I SAW THE BE02 JUST 500 FT LOWER AND 1/2 MI ACROSS FROM ME. I WAS AT 7000 FT MSL; AND TOLD CTR THAT I SAW THE BE02. THE BE02 PLT TOLD CTR THAT HE HAD NOT SEEN ME. THE BE02 WAS ADVISING CTR HE WAS AT 6000 FT AND REQUESTING 7000 FT; AND ALSO REQUESTING HIS IFR CLRNC. BAD JUDGEMENT TO DEPART RUT AND FLY INTO IMC; WAS MADE BY THE PLT WHO LACKED EXPERIENCE. POSSIBLY AN RCA6 SHOULD BE PLACED AT RUT; SO PLTS CAN COM WITH CTR DIRECTLY; INSTEAD OF TALKING WITH BTV FSS.