ECLIPSE 500 VLJ AND C170 HAVE NMAC OVER SAF.

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THIS WAS AN EA50 TYPE RATING TRAINING FLT. THE ECLIPSE ACFT WAS IN PUBLISHED HOLDING IN VMC OVER THE SANTA FE VOR. SANTA FE TWR WAS ADVISED THAT THE EA50 WAS IN HOLDING AT 9500 FT. INBOUND OVER THE VOR ON A HDG OF 334 DEGS A C170 WAS SPOTTED AT THE 2 O'CLOCK POS APPROX 200 FT BELOW; APPARENTLY IN LEVEL CRUISE FLT ON AN APPROX SOUTHWESTERLY HDG. A VICTOR AIRWAY CROSSES THE SANTA FE VOR ON THE COURSE OF 255 DEGS. THE TRAINEE WAS USING A VIEW RESTRICTING DEVICE; SIMULATING IMC. WHEN THE SECOND ACFT WAS OBSERVED BY THE INSTRUCTOR PLT AND POINTED OUT TO THE PF; THE PF INITIATED A CLB; AND THE CESSNA ACFT PASSED APPROX 300 FT BELOW THE EA50. THE CESSNA APPEARED TO TAKE NO EVASIVE ACTION. THE NEAR MISS WAS THE RESULT OF THE ASPECT OF THE 2 ACFT (THE CESSNA NEAR THE ABEAM POS OF THE ECLIPSE AND THE CESSNA'S HIGH WING RESTRICTING UPWARD VISIBILITY). THE CESSNA WAS WITHIN 200 FT OF AN 'EBOUND' VFR ALT; ALTHOUGH 'WBOUND;' AND THE ECLIPSE WAS MAINTAINING A CONSTANT 'EBOUND' VFR ALT IN THE HOLDING PATTERN. THE VOR IS THE CONVERGENCE OF SEVERAL AIRWAYS AND THE LOCATION OF THE PUBLISHED MISSED APCH HOLDING PATTERN FOR THE VOR RWY 33 APCH AT SANTA FE. CONTINUOUS VIGILANCE IN VMC AND WHEN OPERATING VFR MUST BE MAINTAINED AT POINTS OF CONGESTION.