A C152 PLT HAS AN NMAC WITH A BEECH BONANZA.

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ON THE DAY IN QUESTION (SEP/THU/03) I WAS PLTING A C152 FROM 0O5 (UNIVERSITY) ARPT TO THE PRACTICE AREA FOR TRAINING. THE PRACTICE AREA IS APPROX 4 MI W OF 2Q3 ARPT; AND APPROX 9 MI S OF WATTS/WOODLAND ARPT. I WAS CLBING ON A HDG OF APPROX 270 DEGS. AS I WAS DOING SO; I WAS CAREFULLY SCANNING THE AREA IN FRONT OF ME AND HORIZLY TO ME. ALL OF A SUDDEN; I SAW A WHITE; LOW WINGED ACFT (MOST LIKELY A BONANZA; BUT I'M NOT SURE) AT MY 4 O'CLOCK POS. THE ACFT WAS EXTREMELY CLOSE TO ME; PROBABLY 200 FT BELOW AND 200 FT LATERALLY FROM ME. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED UP TO CLB; AND THE PLT OF THE OTHER PLANE BANKED HARD L TO AVOID A COLLISION. THANKFULLY; WE DID NOT COLLIDE. THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS THIS OCCURRENCE COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED. I COULD HAVE BEEN WATCHING MY 4 O'CLOCK POS MORE CAREFULLY; FIRST OF ALL. HOWEVER; THE C152 BADLY OBSTRUCTS THIS VIEW SOMEWHAT. MOST IMPORTANTLY; HOWEVER; I KNOW NOW TO BE VERY CAREFULLY WHEN XING THE EXTENDED RWY CTRLINE OF OTHER ARPTS; EVEN IF I AM SEVERAL MI FROM THEM. THE REASON FOR THIS IS THAT MANY PLTS FLY STRAIGHT OUT FROM THIS ARPT (WATTS/WOODLAND) IN HIGH-PERFORMANCE AIRPLANES ENRTE TO MORE POPULOUS SOUTHERN AREAS (SAN FRANCISCO). THIS IS BECAUSE THERE IS A MAINT FACILITY AT THIS ARPT THAT SVCS MANY FAST; HIGH PERFORMANCE AIRPLANES SUCH AS THE PLANE I ALMOST COLLIDED WITH. IN SHORT; THIS OCCURRENCE SCARED ME ENOUGH TO IMPRESS UPON ME THE CRITICAL NATURE OF SCANNING NOT ONLY THE SKY TO THE FRONT AND SIDE OF THE ACFT; BUT ALSO TO PERIODICALLY CHK ONE'S 5; 6 AND 7 O'CLOCK POS FOR PLANES THAT MAY BE OVERTAKING YOUR ACFT AND CLBING/DSNDING SIMULTANEOUSLY. IT WAS AN OCCURRENCE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED; AND I WILL DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE IN THE FUTURE TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN TO ME.