SMA ACFT IN CLB SAW AN F16 ON A COLLISION COURSE AND RPTR PLT TOOK EVASIVE ACTION. RPTR BELIEVES THE F16 MADE A PASS ON HIM PURPOSELY.

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I WAS CLBING TO 3500 FT IN GOOD VFR; DIRECT ENO. I NOTICED A LIGHT BROWN EXHAUST PLUME FROM MY 1 O'CLOCK POS TO MY 12 O'CLOCK POS AT APPROX 1.5 MI. SINCE I WAS UNABLE TO SEE AN ACFT MY FIRST IMPRESSION WAS THAT I WAS NOW FOLLOWING THE ACFT PRODUCING THE PLUME. SECONDS AFTER MAKING THAT INCORRECT ASSUMPTION I WAS ABLE TO SEE A NARROW FUSELAGE TAKING SHAPE. I IMMEDIATELY REALIZED WE WERE ON A COLLISION COURSE; AND I BANKED THE ACFT 45 DEGS TO THE R. AT THAT POINT I WAS ABLE TO IDENT THE OTHER ACFT AS AN F16; WHICH THEN PITCHED UP AND ROLLED INVERTED; PASSING DIRECTLY OVERHEAD WITH ABOUT 250 FT OF CLRNC. THE RATE OF CLOSURE; COUPLED WITH MY SLOW CLB SPD LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THE FIGHTER WAS TRAVELING WELL IN EXCESS OF 250 KIAS. AFTER THE F16 PASSED OVERHEAD I WAS UNABLE TO VISUALLY REACQUIRE DUE TO LACK OF AFT LOOKING WINDOWS. I ALTERED COURSE TO THE R .5 MI TO AVOID WAKE TURB. OPINION: THE WAY THE F16 TURNED AT ME; AND THEN 'SHOW-BOATED' BY ROLLING INVERTED MAKES ME BELIEVE THAT THIS NEAR-MISS WAS INTENTIONAL.