A PA-28 pilot suffered an near midair collision with another aircraft; perhaps a beech baron.

Attributes
ACN	1041592
Time
Date	201210
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZMA.ARTCC
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Baron 58/58TC
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 37.2 Flight Crew Total 1210 Flight Crew Type 542
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 200 Vertical 0

Narrative:

I was in cruise at 8;500 ft when I saw a twin engine aircraft with winglets (perhaps a beech baron) coming in from the 7 o' clock position by the time I noticed it was very close (within a few hundred feet) and was making what appeared to be an evasive left turn. I could see the bottom of the plane pulling away from me; and could see that the aircraft had winglets. The plane continued off to my 11 o'clock and pulled away when it had created some distance it turned to the right and passed in front of me from left to right and then disappeared from my sight.I'm not sure how the aircraft came so close; but I suppose I could have been more vigilant in my traffic scan; because I don't normally scan so far to the rear of the aircraft. I was not receiving any ATC service at the time; but was monitoring a center frequency which may or may not have been operating in the area I was flying in.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A PA-28 pilot suffered an NMAC with another aircraft; perhaps a Beech Baron.

Narrative: I was in cruise at 8;500 FT when I saw a twin engine aircraft with winglets (perhaps a Beech Baron) coming in from the 7 o' clock position by the time I noticed it was very close (within a few hundred feet) and was making what appeared to be an evasive left turn. I could see the bottom of the plane pulling away from me; and could see that the aircraft had winglets. The plane continued off to my 11 o'clock and pulled away when it had created some distance it turned to the right and passed in front of me from left to right and then disappeared from my sight.I'm not sure how the aircraft came so close; but I suppose I could have been more vigilant in my traffic scan; because I don't normally scan so far to the rear of the aircraft. I was not receiving any ATC service at the time; but was monitoring a Center frequency which may or may not have been operating in the area I was flying in.

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.