AN OVERFLYING PA38 ON TFC PATROL RPTED NEAR MISS WITH A DEPARTING BONANZA.

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#2 ACFT LOW FIXED WING; PVT; PLEASURE; VFR. #1 ACFT DOING LCL TFC WATCH OVER THE CITY. RADAR CTLR HAD POINTED OUT THE TFC TO TWR. #2 ACFT DEPARTED ON ISSUED HDG OF 270 DEGS. MODERATE OR GREATER TFC DENSITY. #1 ACFT IN SIGHT FROM TWR WHEN #2 ACFT DEPARTED. TFC WAS NOT ISSUED TO #2 ACFT BY TWR BECAUSE ASSIGNED HEADING PASSED BEHIND #1 ACFT FLT PATH AND ADDITIONAL TFC WORKLOAD. #1 ACFT RPTED TO RADAR CTLR; HE FELT IT WAS A NEAR MIDAIR WHEN HE SAW THE #2 AIRPLANE. #2 AIRPLANE WAS FLYING INTO THE SUNSET AND NEVER SAW #1 AIRPLANE. #1 ACFT FLIES THIS AREA ON A REGULAR BASIS AND IS AWARE OF POSSIBLE TFC DEPARTING ADAMS FIELD. TWR HAD VISUAL CONTACT WITH BOTH ACFT AND #2 ACFT ON FREQ. IF #1 ACFT WILL NOT 'SEE AND BE SEEN' THEN HE SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO MANEUVER AT HIS DISCRETION WITHIN 5 MI OF THE ARPT DURING PERIODS OF POSSIBLE MODERATE TFC. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 388977: I WAS CLRED TO TKOF RWY 18 AT LIT; TURN R TO 270 DEGS. THIS HAD ME LOOKING INTO THE SETTING SUN. AS I WAS CLBING OUT; HAVING TURNED TO 270 DEGS; I OVERHEARD A PLT IN A TOMAHAWK ASK WHAT THE DEAL WAS ON THE BONANZA. HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT WE ONLY MISSED BY APPROX 150 FT. SHORTLY THEREAFTER TWR OR DEP GAVE ME A NUMBER TO CALL TO SPEAK TO THE SUPVR. I CALLED LATER AND SPOKE TO MR X. HE SAID THAT THE PLT OF THE TOMAHAWK WAS EXTREMELY UPSET. HE HAD HAD TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION FOR US TO MISS. APPARENTLY I LOST HIM IN THE SETTING SUN. MR X WENT ON TO SAY THAT THE TOMAHAWK WAS DOING TFC PATROL; APPARENTLY TURNED AND THE CTLR MISSED IT. I WAS IN RADIO CONTACT AND RECEIVED NO TFC RPT.