Two C172s experienced a close encounter in florida.

Attributes
ACN	1001627
Time
Date	201203
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	CRG.Airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	VFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Person 1
Function	Instructor Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 180 Flight Crew Total 450 Flight Crew Type 450
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Airborne Conflict
Miss Distance	Horizontal 500 Vertical 20

Narrative:

We were flying direct to crg and spotted an aircraft ahead flying away from us in what appeared to be a right steep turn training maneuver. I decided to turn the aircraft to the left and realized that they were turning right into us. I made a climbing left turn to avoid conflict. Very congested area; I will use a higher altitude and or alter course to circumvent this area.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Two C172s experienced a close encounter in Florida.

Narrative: We were flying direct to CRG and spotted an aircraft ahead flying away from us in what appeared to be a right steep turn training maneuver. I decided to turn the aircraft to the left and realized that they were turning right into us. I made a climbing left turn to avoid conflict. Very congested area; I will use a higher altitude and or alter course to circumvent this area.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.