Cessna Stationair/Turbo Stationair 6
Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Commercial
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20; Flight Crew Total 1300; Flight Crew Type 400
ATC Issue All Types; Conflict Airborne Conflict; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance
Air Traffic Control Issued New Clearance; Air Traffic Control Issued Advisory / Alert; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
ATC Equipment / Nav Facility / Buildings
Tower told us to climb to avoid traffic. However had we done that we would have collided. We spotted the aircraft at our altitude climbing. We descended and Tower asked us what we were doing; again recommending an ascent. We told them the situation and they blamed it on radar being behind.
C206 pilot reports being told to climb by the Tower to avoid traffic; but the traffic is already climbing so the reporter descends. The Controller blames the situation on the radar being behind.