C172 pilot and observer reported a near midair collision with another light aircraft in the vicinity...

Attributes
ACN	1403446
Time
Date	201611
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	LVK.Airport
State Reference	CA
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	None
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 45 Flight Crew Total 425
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Student
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 15 Flight Crew Total 45 Flight Crew Type 45
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 300 Vertical 0

Narrative:

During a navigational flight competition that I was participating in; cruising at a proper VFR cruise altitude of 4;500 feet. My G650 GPS picked up a target 12 o'clock same altitude less than 1 mile on a collision course with me and a safety observer. Since it was day VFR; I turned on all my lights; and even started flashing my landing light to see if the traffic would move. He did not. The intruder was a cirrus sr-22 that maintained its course and went straight for us. I veered off the left 30 degrees and made sure to scan for other traffic before doing so. I understand that I was not talking to ATC in the lvk valley where IFR/VFR traffic meet; but I had one com tuned into lvk tower and one with norcal 125.35. I believe that we are not at fault and were more cautious than the other pilot.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C172 pilot and observer reported a NMAC with another light aircraft in the vicinity of LVK airport.

Narrative: During a Navigational Flight Competition that I was participating in; cruising at a proper VFR cruise altitude of 4;500 feet. My G650 GPS picked up a target 12 o'clock same altitude less than 1 mile on a collision course with me and a safety observer. Since it was Day VFR; I turned on all my lights; and even started flashing my landing light to see if the traffic would move. He did not. The intruder was a Cirrus SR-22 that maintained its course and went straight for us. I veered off the left 30 degrees and made sure to scan for other traffic before doing so. I understand that I was not talking to ATC in the LVK valley where IFR/VFR traffic meet; but I had one com tuned into LVK tower and one with NorCal 125.35. I believe that we are not at fault and were more cautious than the other pilot.

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C172 pilot and observer reported a near midair collision with another light aircraft in the vicinity of lvk airport.