A PILATUS PC12 ATP PLT DEPARTING PHX FOR ZZZ EXPERIENCES AN NMAC WHEN PENETRATING THE CLASS D AIRSPACE OF FFZ; AZ.

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ON A REPOSITIONING FLT FROM PHX TO ZZZ; I INADVERTENTLY ENTERED FFZ CLASS D AIRSPACE. IN DOING SO; A HIGH WING CESSNA DEPARTING FFZ TO THE W PASSED ABOVE MY ALT BY 500-1000 FT. WHEN I ARRIVED AT ZZZ; THE TWR ADVISED ME THE FFZ TWR HAD CALLED THEM TO LET THEM KNOW I HAD ENTERED THE EDGE OF FFZ CLASS D AIRSPACE AND CAME CLOSE TO A CESSNA. WHEN I WAS HANDED OFF FROM PHX TWR THEY ADVISED ME OF THE TFC. BUT I DID NOT OBTAIN VISUAL CONTACT OF THE TFC UNTIL IT WAS OVER ME. WHEN I OBTAINED CLRNC TO DEPART THE PHX CLASS B AIRSPACE FROM PHX TWR; I ACCEPTED A VFR DEP PROC I WAS NOT VERY FAMILIAR WITH. I KNEW THE PROC WOULD TAKE ME CLOSE TO FFZ CLASS D AIRSPACE AND I SHOULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB FAMILIARIZING MYSELF WITH THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CLASS D AIRSPACE OR SIMPLY CONTACTED FFZ FOR CLRNC THROUGH THEIR AIRSPACE. THE PROC GIVEN TO ME WAS THE MOST CONVENIENT AND MOST TIME EFFICIENT; BUT I SHOULD HAVE BETTER FAMILIARIZED MYSELF WITH THE PROC. I HAVE NOW REVIEWED THE PROC AND NOW KNOW HOW TO AVOID THIS SIT.'535378 SYN